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"A man with passions is always better than a man with no passion." 1/
My best friend would say that to me regularly.
I don't talk about my husband much. .he deserves that. 2/
I don't talk about my husband much. .he deserves that. 2/
But he has always taken on any interest with passion.
He loved to fly fish. He had a room lined w/ tables & shelves & bins & walls of beautifully displayed assorted stuff, what I (affectionately) referred to as "feathers & dead animal parts." 3/
He loved to fly fish. He had a room lined w/ tables & shelves & bins & walls of beautifully displayed assorted stuff, what I (affectionately) referred to as "feathers & dead animal parts." 3/
He'd research the entomology of streams & produce delicate, intricate flies to approximate the bugs.
Our vacations together always involved timing the hatches on rivers we'd float or flying to the Caribbean for the best bonefishing water temp.
(Poor me) 4/
Our vacations together always involved timing the hatches on rivers we'd float or flying to the Caribbean for the best bonefishing water temp.
(Poor me) 4/
I've spent hours poking around Fly Fishing Shops looking at bins of pretty beads & feathers & what not.
We've owned all kinds of different small boats, always set up to accommodate his rods & allow standing to fly cast. He researches endlessly, buys & sells carefully. 5/
We've owned all kinds of different small boats, always set up to accommodate his rods & allow standing to fly cast. He researches endlessly, buys & sells carefully. 5/
When his shoulders wore out from rowing & casting, & his energy was diminished from chemo, he found other interests
A young man from Chicago flew out to buy the entire fly tying room setup in order to begin a program for wounded vets.
He donated other stuff locally. 6/
A young man from Chicago flew out to buy the entire fly tying room setup in order to begin a program for wounded vets.
He donated other stuff locally. 6/
And moved on to pursue clay sculpture. We were in AZ so he read about the endangered chiricahua leopard frog, found a research center w/ ponds & I photographed them.
We stayed in Sedona for 6 weeks so he could access the art center clay studio & made a beautiful replica. 7/
We stayed in Sedona for 6 weeks so he could access the art center clay studio & made a beautiful replica. 7/
Clay requires kilns & space to work, so he moved on to drawing
We now have a room ( once the fly tying space) with tables he found used & racks for paper & shelves & cases of colored pencils. 8/
We now have a room ( once the fly tying space) with tables he found used & racks for paper & shelves & cases of colored pencils. 8/
He decided he loves this medium after taking almost every class offered at the Art Center at the Desert Museum in Tucson - everything from scratch board to pen & ink to watercolor.
His colored pencil drawings are stunningly beautiful. 9/
His colored pencil drawings are stunningly beautiful. 9/
So back to vegetables.
When we decided COVID meant we'd be home this summer, he casually mentioned expanding our little backyard raised bed garden.
I should have known. 10/
When we decided COVID meant we'd be home this summer, he casually mentioned expanding our little backyard raised bed garden.
I should have known. 10/
It started w/a casual request to order grow light bulbs & a heated pad for starting seeds.
Then 4 additional lg raised bed containers. Out came my crepe myrtle in the corner, in went a nicely built asparagus bed.
Our small grassy area now has a cute bed w/ greenhouse cover. 11/
Then 4 additional lg raised bed containers. Out came my crepe myrtle in the corner, in went a nicely built asparagus bed.
Our small grassy area now has a cute bed w/ greenhouse cover. 11/
I didn't pay much attention to the plants & seeds he ordered.
As always, research is important. He apparently became enchanted w/ peppers. Lots of peppers. And tomatoes, & collards, onions, cucumber, beans, peas, carrots, turnips, lettuce. I've lost track. 12/
As always, research is important. He apparently became enchanted w/ peppers. Lots of peppers. And tomatoes, & collards, onions, cucumber, beans, peas, carrots, turnips, lettuce. I've lost track. 12/
"A man with passions is always better than a man with no passion." 13/ fin
