A Pinch of Joy

Cool temps and occasional rains means the garden work can continue. Ordered a blue spruce for the front corner of the house that is slow growing to 10 foot by 4 foot in diameter. And a Royal Raindrops crab with delightful purple leaves and pink flowers for the corner of the front lawn.  It will […]

Working in the garden this week. Love being out in the sunshine and warmth, rearranging and adding plantings.  We had Canadian wildfire smoke block out the sun one day and the air quality made it impossible to be outside for the next couple days.  And we are  at the far edge of the third large […]

 I’ve only been doing this Linky Party for 11 years.  Ya’d think I’d could do everything in my sleep.  Apparently I did!!!!  Because it was a rookie mistake and totally my bad that the link did not show up at the scheduled time on Sunday!  I apologize—-again.  Thanks for understanding. . . . . . […]

Apparently the host and WordPress were in conflict over who was going to let me click the post button Sunday and it took quite sometime for Bytes to sort things out.  But all is good now!  Thanks for stopping by and sorry for the inconvenience.  —————————————————————- “You picked the wrong color”  said a voice as […]

My sister Vee and husband came to visit bearing a chain saw and with an empty truck and trailer. And then Bee and husband showed up. They sawed, Bytes pulled and down came the overgrown evergreen tree at the corner of the house.   Out came the odd shrub that stood at the end of the […]

I woke up motivated to get out in the sunshine and do the spring yard fluff — or deep dig, if we’re real here.  A glance at the thermometer immediately squelched that impulse.  32 degrees.  That’s freezing temperature!  Maybe later today???  Weather app says probably not.   However, I have my cup of hot chocolate close […]