All Work and No Play

50°f/10°C, light overcast and breezy. Rain or thunderstorms expected later.

Yep, this woman has been all work the last couple days and the same is true today. It's that time of year, so much to be done.

Sitting on the porch, looking out at what still needs doing. I sowed more grass seed, hoping for better luck this time. The dogs think the straw is just for them!

I spent a few hours with my stringtrimmer yesterday and today and things are looking much better. Larry has done some mowing but his weedeating is still ahead of him. He has been painting our log room, and he is a one-project man, can't have 2 going at once. Whereas I seem to have many pies in the oven all the time.  He should finish painting today, and then you can bet he will vamoose outside.  He hates inside work.

The apple trees are in bloom now. I am so thankful they are later than usual this year, and have, I think, avoided frost. I think. 

I cleaned up my poor herb garden and was pleasantly surprised to find that more plants survived than I thought. There are several sage plants, along with a coreopsis, hollyhock, oregano, one or two parsley, a few chives, two varieties of fennel, and I saw the volunteer canna lily beginning to poke its head up. All of the raspberries we transplanted to this garden survived, even though several were mashed when the tree fell on my van. 

I forgot that I planted these double tulips last year

We transplanted a few elderberries yesterday. I--was surprised when I looked out the bedroom window to see that the large bush that is all twined in amongst the snowball bush had sent out a few roots, which had sprouts on them.  I don't like that bush mixup but short of pulling them up there's no solution,  so I just live with it. It's out of sight in a secluded corner anyway. The snowball bush is just glorious when it blooms, so it's a shame no one sees it but us.

Yesterday we went to see granddaughter Hannah's house, which she just bought. It is really cute, small but just right for her needs. But the bad news is that just a week after she closed on it she got laid off. Major stress , as you can imagine. She has a few leads for another position, but won't make as much as she did at the last place. Still, her house payment is quite a bit less than the rent she was paying, and she is already in tbe black as far as equity since she bought under the appraised price. 

Well, back to work, as soon as I check in on  a few of you; I've been remiss in my reading this weekend!

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