My Day-To-Day Photos

May has arrived, and it's been nearly a month since I last posted here. Life hasn't been easy lately, but losing nearly an entire month seems unlikely and unreasonable. The weather has been decent lately, and that has me feeling a little better. I especially love my long morning walks with Bear before breakfast. Often, that's when it's the most peaceful outside, low winds, hardly any vehicles making noise on the roads. Quiet. Also, I've been in my greenhouse lately and that is another of solitude for me. I made it even better by adding a little place to have tea. I don't know why I didn't think of that sooner. A few crocuses are up in the garden, along with a gazillion daylilies. I really have to start finding new homes for them. I had my first wood tick yesterday. Disgusting. Field work has started on the farm, and I will try not to let that add to the stress of the current situation. Just day by day, one foot in front of the other. I'm beginning to un...

Forseeing that field work is going to be taking much of his time, Todd decided we would celebrate Mother's day a week early. We'll, that is just fine by me, because Mother's day means plants and I can hardly wait to fill up my greenhouse. So we went to BP's for some lunch and then to the greenhouses. I got all my stuff at Skinner's. I just can't help but be loyal to him after his kindness to me a couple of years ago when he gave me such an incredible on plants after nine died.   This year was a tough one having lost so many seedlings to what I'm fairly certain was bad soil. I'll not be buying Miracle Grow again. So it sure was nice to bring all those plants home and today I am enjoying my greenhouse to the fullest. The weather is so beautiful today that Todd and I (and Bear) went out before breakfast to get a load of rocks. We were home by 7:30, the kids weren't even stirring yet. But we'll get them to help with a load later and we'll ta...