Spring means painted toes and barbecues

I just started a book called Queen of the South by Arturo Perez-Reverte. All 32 pages are so far so good. I have too many books to read. And spring is here. And the yard needs to be cleaned up. We seem to be the stopping point for the winter’s street garbage. Bottles, bag, and wrappers a plenty. Oh well. There is also a tree worth of leaves on the ground and all of last years growth done dead. The only problem with having an entire yard designed like an English Garden is the fact that it all dies back in fall. But I love it and wouldn’t trade it back for a lawn.

This year’s yard goal is to erect the copper trellis over the walkway. It is cut and ready, just need to glue it and put all the pieces together. And the other goal is to build a bench on which to sit my lazy butt once all the yard work is through.

We need to remodel the entire back yard too. That’s going to be fun. A virtual blank slate. I have visions of a privacy fence all around, a water fall in one corner, and raised beds all over the place. It’s going to be fabulous!

Oh, and yesterday we set the lady bugs free! (See November blogs for more on the lady bugs)