My yardman came this week to check out my new trees and make recommendations to maybe stay out of nurseries for awhile as I wait to see old plants come back to life. The redbud he put in two years ago is lovely. It gets nice fat leaves that will help block out the neighbor on one side. He put some new mulch around the new trees and top dressed where needed for now. I think he was relieved that I hired someone else to do the weeding so he could get on with pond cleaning and bamboo spigot replacement.
The dogwood over the pond is in full bloom and makes the back yard a picture of Spring. Nice to see it through the windows. I will wait a while before getting more of these lovely late blooming grasses to add to the backside of the berm.
It seems the extreme low temperatures did my rosemary plants in. I shall buy some more to plant by the end of the month. My front yard snake was disappearing under a bush so I moved him out into plain sight.
Cooler weather is forecasted for this next week. I just need to remember to water the new plantings and watch what comes back in the white pots along the front entry. When something shows up, I will pull out the birch sticks and save them until fall when things die back. No ferns that get so large and hard to dig out of pots. I no longer have the strength for that.
I am still thinking of writing another story. Something that will supply characters to keep me interested and in good company. Yesterday I finished the last of Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley stories. I went online to find more authors who write similar mysteries and have them in audiobook form available at my library source, Libby. Unfortunately there are not that many. Ms. George is not English as I had assumed, but an American writer. The narrators of her books all have the best voices to make her characters come to life. I would love recommendations for similar authors. Audiobooks work best for me because I do not have the patience to just sit and turn pages when I can be getting steps in as I listen.
It is a dreary day today. So good for writing poetry. Or stitching on my shawl/scarf. Or baking something. Or finding a movie since I only watch TV on weekends. The news is depressing as it gets here in the US. Nothing seems bad enough for a demand to change our downward spiral. We all wait for the next shoe to drop and clarify that we have become left behind by a world that has managed to keep its sanity and integrity.
I have more of my Easter chocolate rabbit to eat but the Lindt dark chocolate seems more bitter this year. I could use it for a hot chocolate to have with a biscotti. But first a bit of lunch of smoothie with over ripe fruits in the bowl.
Til later….