Strawbale Seedlings are Coming Along Nicely

At last count, I had these strawbale seedlings:

77 pea

8 pumpkin

7 cucumber

22 corn stalks

4 spinach

2 swiss chard

71 okra

6 cantaloupe

24 cherokee wax bean

10 blue lake green bean

23 calabacita

9 basil

5 yellow squash

10 grape tomato

1 jalapeno

5 radish

8 watermelon 

I take photos with my cell phone.

These snapshots were from last Sunday, the 22nd, before the storm hit ...

and before I lost cell phone service.

Service was down for three solid days ... I'm not sure how we got service back, 

but I am glad it has been somehow restored.

It is my understanding, hundreds of towers were destroyed.

Other photos from last Sunday were of two projects I had.

One was painting an old, rusty wire shelf thingy ...

... and the other was painting the upper-window on my shed's door

so nobody can see into it, and also figuring out how to 

cover/close the missing bottom panel.

I used an old towel, some epoxy, and lots of duck-tape.

Got real, real tired of the stray cats ripping open my trash bags

after sneaking into that bottom entry ... 

it's been about a week since my creative fixer-upper, 

and I'd say the pesky problem is solved.

So far.

Here is a snapshot of my youngest miracle's 

Dill and Zinnias.

 

The final two pictures are of last Sunday's sunrise 

... the calm before the storms.

On a final note,

my oldest miracle is somewhere on the other side of the world.

She SHOULD be in Tokyo by now, maybe, I don't know

and it's driving me bonkers.

From Tokyo she catches a flight to Bangkok,

and from Bangkok she goes on into Laos.  

I just want her to get her precious feet on LAND, 

and let her stay there, safely, a while

... so I can catch my breath.

My heart is in my throat.