Around the House

Today was a beautiful sunny almost warm Saturday. I spent today working around the house, inside and outside. This morning, I got caught up on some routine house work. Miss T helped out so the work went quickly.

After lunch I tackled a very neglected flower bed by weeding, weeding, and weeding! Did I mention there were a lot of weeds? I also removed some old posts and filled in the holes. As I worked, I thought about how nice it will look when the climbing roses (I planted last fall) cover the lattice screen my husband and I built. I'm going to fill in the area under the lattice with daylilies. I can get them from my mother in law. She grows prize winning dayliles. (Thanks Mom!) I was also thinking about putting a bench that we found in a neighbor's trash and fixed up to provide a nice shady place to sit on a summer afternoon.

My parents in law came over in late afternoon to check on my progress and to bring pizza. It was a nice visit. Mom always has good suggestions. Their yard is always so beautiful. They live on a busy highway and people frequently stop by in the spring to ask if they may take pictures. They always have some kind of gardening project going.

Tomorrow after church (if it's still warm & sunny), I hope to plant the basil and mint I bought at the feed store yesterday. If you want to get a real taste of spring, go to the feed store. The peeping of chicks and ducklings, and all the vegetable plants, seeds and flowers make you want to dig in the dirt and contemplate growing things. Right now in our small town , that's where the action is. There are not only farmers and gardeners, but parents bringing in their children to see the baby chickens and ducks.
Sometimes it is the simple places and things that bring the most pleasure.