Weeping Cherry

The wife is on the road this week and is going to miss this, for you darlin'

Don't tell my wife

But I couldn't help myself.
I didn't buy the pansies, see I can practice restraint.
But it is all Planters Seed Store's fault. They set them out on racks in a provocative manner. They tempted me beyond all endurance.
Besides I have just the perfect pot for these violas.

My helper

With the warm weather our parrot demands to be taken outside so he can enjoy the sunshine and eat a little dirt.

Spring has sprung

At Last !

I have been waiting for it.

The first flower of the year.

Hope

There is nothing uglier than February in my neighborhood. All the dirt, trash and decay show for all to see.
But spring is coming and with it hope and renewal.
I took this picture this afternoon in my front yard, I just hope it doesn't get frozen back.

Catching up

I'm afraid I have tended this blog much like I tend my garden. By August it is mostly maintaining and pulling weeds. Dull boring work without the excitement of the new beginings of spring. It is my temperament, I am at my happiest starting a new project but the longer it drags on the harder it is to return to the task. My house is littered with projects unfinished.

So let me do some catchup.

After summer and the butterflys come Fall and the endless cleanup and leaves. Nothing says fall as well as the Ginko tree. We have two of them. They turn a beautiful golden yellow. One day you have a gorgeous tree full of leaves and then the next morning you have this.













Here is Alberto, a neighbor helping me do fall cleanup and lay down a little mulch.