I think daughter was a little tired from her first week back at school. Wasn't all that hot on doing much this weekend, wanted to mostly stay in or near home. We did go bicycle riding and hunting for cherries from the trees near the house. We had pillow fights, tickling, watermelon and sour cherries.
All weekend, she declined even going for a drive in preference of staying around home.
As energetic, friendly and easily social as she is, underneath she has a strong introverted side. I think part of my role as her father and being rather similar is to teach her how to keep that in balance and not become a recluse later in life. I don't find it completely likely, as she is too easily popular. Still, if she has that drive, it can easily tip in the direction of becoming rather reclusive. She is already intensely attracted to occupations which offer a solitary existence. The good thing is that she also has an attraction to nature. That makes it easier to get her outside to engage in activities. It may also lead to social opportunities with other people with similar interests. That will not happen if I allow her to simply be solitary and lock herself away from the world.
The negative side is that I am not the best role model or teacher for more social skills. My own social skills tend to lack a bit. I can interact with other people quite well but not so prone to seeking out social interaction.
Any way, on the way home from dropping her off, I picked up 4 more bags of mulch and one more roll of weed fabric. That's enough to cover the trenches in the north garden. The winds yesterday blew some of the mulch off of the mounds, so it would be best to mulch the trenches so that they overlap. Luckily, most of the mulch got blown into the middle of the mounds, rather than off to the sides because the wind got under the edges of the fabric and lifted it up. Hope overlapping them keeps that better controlled. The larger pieces of fabric and mulch in the trenches of the south garden seem to have remained intact.
All weekend, she declined even going for a drive in preference of staying around home.
As energetic, friendly and easily social as she is, underneath she has a strong introverted side. I think part of my role as her father and being rather similar is to teach her how to keep that in balance and not become a recluse later in life. I don't find it completely likely, as she is too easily popular. Still, if she has that drive, it can easily tip in the direction of becoming rather reclusive. She is already intensely attracted to occupations which offer a solitary existence. The good thing is that she also has an attraction to nature. That makes it easier to get her outside to engage in activities. It may also lead to social opportunities with other people with similar interests. That will not happen if I allow her to simply be solitary and lock herself away from the world.
The negative side is that I am not the best role model or teacher for more social skills. My own social skills tend to lack a bit. I can interact with other people quite well but not so prone to seeking out social interaction.
Any way, on the way home from dropping her off, I picked up 4 more bags of mulch and one more roll of weed fabric. That's enough to cover the trenches in the north garden. The winds yesterday blew some of the mulch off of the mounds, so it would be best to mulch the trenches so that they overlap. Luckily, most of the mulch got blown into the middle of the mounds, rather than off to the sides because the wind got under the edges of the fabric and lifted it up. Hope overlapping them keeps that better controlled. The larger pieces of fabric and mulch in the trenches of the south garden seem to have remained intact.
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