Northeast Gardening: Stones, rocks, boulders and erratics 3, 1 by grammyphoeb

grammyphoeb wrote:
Hi Louise! I've actually been around, but sneaking quietly. I've tried to read what everyone is doing, keep up with new people and birthdays, and then I run out of time for posting. Colin is doing better. He is getting early intervention services 5 days a week and responding. At 2 1/2 years of age he is starting to repeat words and said his first "NO" on Friday. We were thrilled that he finally let us know what he was thinking. One reason for the improvement is a stable home life. My oldest DD has been taking care of Colin and is going after custody of him. Colin's mother, my youngest, is mentally unstable and maybe bipolar. She is divorcing Colin's father and has lied to us about the circumstances and a lot of other things. She has abandoned Colin and the family. She is supposed to be an outpatient in a local psychatric hospital, but we are not sure. In other words, things are a mess right now, and I spend most of my time with Colin. When i have free time I'm trying to clear the rest of our property that borders a feeder canal on the Hudson River. Guess what is growing there????? Poison ivy!! It's a good way to get rid of anger, hurt and confusion - pulling weeds, spraying poison ivy, throwing rocks around, cutting trees and branches. I guess I've rambled on a bit, but that's the up-date on the situation. Thanks for asking and caring. Eleanor
Took Colin to a balloon festival over the weekend and he loved it!! This is one of the pics.