Spring has Sprung!

Buttercups aren't blooming yet, but they did last year!

Spring has sprung! Highs this week in the 70's and even two days with highs in the 80's! Everything is popping out green now - forsythia bright yellow everywhere - Japanese magnolias in full bloom, trees are all beginning to leaf out, patches of daffodils everywhere. Redbuds and pears are beginning to lose blossoms for leaves! Randy is coming today for our first grass cutting. I almost said "lawn" but that's not accurate. It's more like a field than a lawn - probably close to 3 acres of grass and weeds among the three buildings. (In addition to the Cabin and the Cottage, Mike and Angie and their two children have for more than 5 years rented the "double-wide" Mom and Dad lived in for ten or so years.) So, yesterday I spent some time filling in holes in the yard with dirt from a pile behind the Yogatorium which appeared during its construction. The holes mostly occurred when we had the huge oak tree limbs removed recently, but some are a result of sinking over the ditch dug for underground electric wiring prior to building the Yogatorium. Since I almost annually twist my ankle some way or another, mostly be not watching where I'm walking, the holes were accidents waiting to happen to me! we had a good rain yesterday so weed pulling can begin in earnest today - I HATE doing it, but I LOVE the looks of the beds when I'm through!

Jim left several classic VHS movies here and I have already watched three - On the Beach with Gregory Peck, Lord of the Dance, and Fried Green Tomatoes. I'm saving Gone with the Wind and Scarlet for a long rainy summer day! Or maybe a week!

I hear the weedeater running - need to get out and move all the old potted plants and stuff out of the way so Randy can work easily.