Been Busy....

So, I have been working my little (who am I trying to kid) ass off in the garden these past few days. Between having a new fence put in late last summer and the gosh awful winter, the garden was looking a little poorly. I had to cut bushes way back from where the fence install people stepped all over them, I really thought I was going to have to replace them all, but I just decided to give them a good haircut and hope for the best.  There is a lot of new growth so I am waiting to see if Mother Nature will give them a second chance.  Plus it's darn expensive to have 4 bushes cut down and then replaced.  I raked out all the winter crap, turned up the soil, had it looking pretty darn good and feeling a sense of accomplishment. I even went out and bought a couple of pots to brighten it up and then.....we had a storm.

The skies blackened, the wind blew, the rains came down in sheets, then an added bonus, hail.  I was afraid at one time that it was going to break the windows.  The ground was covered with white balls the size of goose eggs.  What is it with this white stuff falling from the skies...first its snow all winter, now it's hail.  Ah come on...really!!?? A walk around the yard revealed lots of sticks and fallen leaves, my nicely edged and turned soil in my garden was now a blob and my large hostas had big holes, obviously from the hail.  So there is not much to do until things dry up a little, I checked my rain gauge but as I pulled it from the ground, I noticed it had a hole in the bottom, so no telling how much rain fell.  I did manage to get some weed and feed on the lawn this AM, directions state to apply when grass is wet...no problem there.

But during all the rain, wind and hail I was watching the finale of "Dancing With the Stars"....can I just say I was ecstatic that Meryl and Max won that gawdy Miraball Trophy.  What an amazing dancer she is and how she managed to turn Max into a crying pussycat who was truly smitten was a site to behold.  Amy and Derek were truly an inspiration to those who have faced such adversity and to show the world that obstacles can be overcome....and PS I thought Candace should have gone home much earlier, just sayin.

Hope your days are storm free and filled with the beauty of springtime....

"A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it."   ~Ray Davis

Until next time.....