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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& #39;t talk about my husband much. .he deserves that. 2/
I don& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;d float or flying to the Caribbean for the best bonefishing water temp.
(Poor me) 4/
I& #39;ve spent hours poking around Fly Fishing Shops looking at bins of pretty beads & feathers & what not.
We& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;ve lost track. 12/
"A man with passions is always better than a man with no passion." 13/ fin
