HEY WHAT TIME IS IT? TIME TO GET OUT IN THE GARDEN, EVERY CHANCE YOU GET! EVERY TIME WE GET A SUNNY DAY HERE IN THE VERY EARLY SPRING, I AM OVERCOME WITH JOY! IF WARM ENOUGH, I OPEN THE WINDOWS AND LET THAT FRESH AIR IN. OMG, ISN;T IT A GREAT THING TO SMELL FRESH AIR IN THE HOUSE AFTER THE COLD WINTER DAYS. I LOVE IT!
IT GOT INTO THE HIGH 50'S TODAY, MY WINDOWS WERE OPEN AND I WAS OUT THROWING A SLOBBERY TENNIS BALL WITH MY NEW-ISH PUPPY, BRIN.
MY OLD BOY BAILEY PASSED AWAY LAST JULY 18. HE IS NOW A PILE OF ASHES. I CRIED EVERY DAY FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS, HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD, AND IT WAS HARD LOOSING HIM. I SWORE NO MORE DOGS, THEY LOVE YOU SO UNCONDITIONALLY, AND I LOVE THEM BACK LIKE A CHILD TO MOST PEOPLE, DOGS ARE MY KIDS. SO ANYWAY, ONE DAY, SAD AND UNCONSOLEABLE, I STARTED BROWSING THE PAGES OF THE DOG ADOPTION PAGES, AND ONE OF THOSE KEPT JUMPING OFF THE PAGE, AND THEN I NOTICED HOW OLD THE POST WAS. SO I CALLED. AFTER ALOT OF PUPPY UPS AND DOWNS, PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THEY WANTED HIM BUT RETURNED HIM. HE FINALLY FOUND A HOME. BOTH OF US ARE LUCKY.
I WILL HAVE A NEW WATCHDOG FOR MY GARDEN, AND A NEW SPECIAL GARDEN I AM BUILDING FOR THOSE ASHES. ALL IS GOOD IN MY CORNER OF THE WORLD AGAIN! MY PUPPY BRIN, IS PROBABLY REACHING 100LBS. HE'S A BIG BOY. GREAT DANE MOSTLY IF NOT ALL, AND BRINDLE...I KNOW, I REALLY HAD TO STRETCH MY MIND TO COME UP WITH HIS NAME! BUT I LOVE HIM, AND HE LOVES ME, SO WE ARE HAPPY!
BACK TO THE GARDEN, DUE TO MY PAIN ISSUES, I CAN ONLY DO A LITTLE AT A TIME. SO THE DAYS I CHOOSE TO WORK, ARE THE DAYS WITH ALOT OF SUNSHINE, THEY SEEM LIKE HAPPY DAYS, DON'T THEY? THE SUN ALWAYS MAKES ME FEEL BETTER, EVEN IF IT IS COLD THE SUN MAKES IT A BETTER DAY. I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF THOSE DAYS, AND HAVE DONE MOST OF MY SPRING CLEAN-UP. CUTTING BACK THE ORNAMENTAL GRASSES IS USUALLY THE BIGGEST CHORE, BUT I AM STARTING A NEW PROJECT. SEEMS LIKE I AM ALWAYS STARTING A NEW PROJECT, FINISHING IS USUALLY THE HARD PART. I TILLED THE AREA IN THE FALL, AND LAYED THE FLAGSTONE PATHWAY. NOW, I WILL NEED TO BUILD UP THE SOIL AND PLANT. THE FUN STUFF. DECIDING WHAT TO PLANT. I AM STILL DECIDING! I WILL PROBABLY DO DIVISIONS AND/OR CUTTINGS FROM MY CURRENT PLANT POPULATION, TO SAVE MONEY! THIS IS A SUNNY SPOT, A RARE THING IN MY MOSTLY SHADE YARD. IT WILL BE THE ENVY OF SOME OF MY PLANTS EYE, SO TO SPEAK. SOME HAVE HAD TO ADAPT, AND WOULD DO BETTER WITH MORE SUN.
I HAVE ALSO STARTED A FIREPLACE PROJECT. I HAVE A LARGE BRICK FIREPLACE, THE THE BRICK LAYER WHO BUILT THIS HOUSE WAS AS BIG A FAN AS I AM, OF FIREPLACES. STARTED THIS PROJECT IN THE FALL, ALSO. PULLED UP THE BRICKS FROM THE PAD IN FRONT OF THE FP, AND FILLED WITH SLAG, LEVELED AND BEGAN LAYING THE RECLAIMED BRICK. USED FLAGSTONE TO BUILD A SEMI CIRCLE WALL, FILLED BETWEEN THE TWO WITH TOPSOIL AND COMPOST, AND PLANTED. I MOVED A COUPLE OF MY PRIZE PLANTS, I HAVE BEEN HOPING THAT THEY SURVIVED, WILL SOON KNOW FOR SURE. I CAN ONLY HOPE. CROSS YOUR FINGERS, I HAVE BEEN ALL WINTER. VERY ANXIOUS TO SEE LEAFING OUT.
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