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Ahh — spring at last! It has been absolutely perfect  this week.  I have been obsessed with getting outside and finally . . .!!!  Planted new plants, moved old plants, put in tomatoes and peppers, pulled weeds, filled pots, watered the corners, removed winterkill (a beautiful Japanese maple and a Joseph’s Coat climbing rose succumbed) […]

Did you watch the Royal Wedding?  We saw it last night — perfection!  On the home front– they delivered our new sofa for the media room/guest sleeper a week early so we are ready for Memorial Day visitors.   Now to make the Roman shades for the big living room window before they deliver the small […]

Usually everyone has ignored the frost free date of May 15 by now with sprinklers running, gardens planted, flower boxes full. However, it’s rainy and coat needed cold again and the nurseries are loaded with merchandise no one can plant.    Bytes and Wheels will be on the road today so I think shopping therapy […]

The air conditioner is running!  After all those frozen afternoons, we finally went straight to 85 degrees plus.  Everything is turning green, Wheels is mowing the lawn, flowers are blooming and garage sales are booming — ahhhhh, spring!!  Our Radiant Crab tree we bought on Arbor Day hasn’t been planted yet.  It’s hiding in a […]

We bought a flowering crab for our back garden on Arbor Day.  Arbor Day is a no-school holiday because it started in our state!  Yay, because Short Stuff and his mommy had a long weekend to celebrate our new tree with us and pick out some gorgeous geranuiums for their second story deck!  Oh — […]

We  picked out flowering trees for the garden, then decided not to buy them until after whatever weird weekend weather is predicted happens. The last of the Sandhill Cranes left, finishing their migration northward.  A huge number swirled over our house today, just a few miles from the river where they’ve spent weeks feeding.  They spiraled […]