Well to be sure! Its a new month, even if it is almost half over. Iv been wanting to get back to this for awhile. But things have been at sixes and sevens around here.
March didn't want to give up, and on the 8th of March, the wind came whipping down into our back yard with a vengeance. I don't know what time it was when my hubby went out to smoke, but suddenly I missed him and when I got no answer when I called to him, I had to go hunting. I found him out back clinging to a tie-down rope, with all his strength to keep our kids canopy's from blowing into the electric wires and the mesquite trees in the wash. He only weighs 120 pounds, so it was a job as the wind was gusting at 50 to 60 mph. I ran next door to get my son-in-law and daughter. Even then, it a big job for the four of us to get them on down and stowed safely away. The wind was breaking the ropes and lifting 20 to 30 pound concrete blocks that the ropes were tied to. We now know how it feels to be dragged around by a big parachute. :)
We did a little to the doll house. Well.... me anyway. I decided that I would try and make some little plants for the conservatory. It was fun and I ended up with five., For the potting soil, I dried used coffee grounds and it worked beautifully! Hubby has been working on a small gardening work bench for the doll house. When I get done with it, it'll have a pair of tiny gardening gloves, some hand tools, mini packs of seeds, with some spilling out, pinkie-sized terracotta pots, with spilled soil, and a garden hat.
The little fern
One of the tall plants
The other tall plant
The two smaller ones
Today is Sunday. It's suppose to be a day of rest, but apparently not for me! Iv been up since 5:00 am. I was fixing hubby's coffee, when I remembered that I was so sleepy yesterday evening that I forgot I had a load of laundry in the washer. So first thing I had to re-rinse them and get them in the dryer. Of course the cake, that I made yesterday from a new recipe for dessert tonight, fell sometime last night. I did get the pot roast in the crock pot. Called my oldest daughter, found out that we're going to have more wind this evening and tomorrow. Okay! So hubby and I went out and moved the two hanging tomato plants. When I went to water the garden out back, the first thing that happened was, that the two hoses, where they join together popped apart. Hubby fixed that, then the hose going into the house split. Time out to switch hoses. I'm finally in the house, an hour or more later. Now just trying to rest until breakfast. Then I have to bake another cake, wash dishes, peel potatoes and fix green beans, ah-la a copycat recipe from Texas Roadhouse. As you have probably guessed by now, we are have a family/company dinner this evening.
It's still a beautiful day! Looking out the window I see our neighbors brand-new American flag waving proudly in the wind. There is a bright yellow Oriole feeding at the Hummingbird feeder, while 3 or 4 Hummer's hover in the air waiting their turn to feed, Of course there is the twitter and chirp of the birds and a bunch of squawking from "Irving" the resident Woodpecker, who thinks both Hummingbird feeders belong strictly to him.
I got a rare treat this morning to see a tiny bright green jewel of a Hummingbird flitting in and out under the spray of out front yard waterfall as he took a shower. And a special happy feeling when I found out that a very sweet lady pinned 35 pins from one of my Pinterest boards. It was my Color-book one. I don't care why she did. I just know it made my day!
So here's hoping that your day will be a happy one, full of sunshine, promise and much love.Happy first day of the rest of your life! God bless.
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