Brrrrrrrrrr

A little more of the white stuff is starting to come down.  I am hoping that the tulips that are already up about three inches are well insulated.

Working Our Way To Green Grass

Last fall we raked and raked...raked until we had blisters on our hands and leaf dust up our noses...then we just gave up. The big oak in the back yard just would not drop it's leaves. We would rake and five minutes later it would looks like we had never touched a rake. So yesterday with the temps almost in the 60's, we thought we had better tackle the back yard.

One of or several of our children, who shall remain nameless say that we have too much JUNK in the yard.  First of all, it is our yard.  Second...it is not junk...we consider them all to be treasures.  So this year I will be tweaking the 'treasures' in the yard.  You know we are getting ready for a very important shindig in June.  And we want it to look especially nice.  The weather was beautiful yesterday.  We worked in the yard all day raking, trashing and dreaming of new things to do.  We had a huge campfire for all the yard waste that isn't good for the compost pile.

I wanted to take a shot of the hosta bed around the oak tree so we could remember how it looked with all the leaves.  It is beautiful when all the hosta come up.  And then all the lavender and white blooms come out...awesome!

Anyone need some leaves for their compost pile?  We have plenty and the chipper is on the brink.  So we are piling them in the compost bin and stomping them.  Putting them in the woods and piling them behind Bill and Kay's shed.

We found all kinds of flowers coming up.  Lots of broken clay pots that I forgot to bring in.  Things that had gotten broken during the winter.  Oh, it felt so good.  But boy was I so tired and sore.  It felt so good!

Not Much Going On

There sure isn't much going on in the yeard these days. The birds aren't even around much. The squirrels are having a heyday searching for acorns. I saw one cardinal theother day but he flwew off before I could catch him in a shot.

I took these from our bedroom window....just for a different prospective.  Just after this shot it began to snow again.

The sun doesn't look like it was shining on this side of the yard.  That might look like a brick wall...it isn't.  We are going to use those left over bricks to make paths through the flower beds.  Hopefully one of the first projects we do this summer.

We just keep adding to the compost pile while making list after list of what we need to do to get the yard back in order.  And I have seen Mark searching for new flowers...hoping to find my Sarah Napier peony this year.