I spent yesterday moving a heavy piece of assembled decking
around the yard. My back today is going
to keep me from doing a lot of planting, and it is a gorgeous day. The flowers are out and ready, but, I’m a bit
too sore to do much of that.
I was up early today and sat down by the water on the little
bench the niece-neighbor brought out a couple years ago. We washed it down and oiled it earlier this
spring on a couple of warmish days. It
is back in its spot on the porch of the shed and is a welcome place to sit in
the morning, birds chirping and flitting about…a great vantage point for
watching little dog walk all around the property. I am glad to be back outside in these early
morning hours, coffee in hand and thinking about my plan for the day.
I walked down to the pier, and out to check the
bottom of the lake that I could see, before the lily pads take over, to peer from the pier. Geese squawked from the lake, wondering when
I would vacate so they could get back on shore to leave their droppings all
over. There were three sets of parents
and their little goslings…cute but annoying. The mess they make of the
shoreline irritates me.
A stroll around the house after a sunny day tickles me as
the perennials have started poking up through the ground and unfurling their
leaves. I delight in what wasn’t there
yesterday but is there today. A walk out
on the trail to nowhere and to the moon garden area results in a mental list…”If
my back were not so sore today I would…” The squirrels and chipmunks have left big
holes in the ground. We will have to
have a conversation about that, oh chattering squirrel. That is not cool.
Continuing on the trail, I made note of the many clumps of
daffodil leaves poking up without blooms.
I’ll need to divide those and replant, which I can manage a bit later
this spring. There are also tons of
daffodils in bloom, so pretty, but more would be fine, too!
Back into the house to feed little dog and grab some
breakfast before getting on with the day. The walk did my back good, and my ol’ stiff
knees. Maybe I will be able to get out
there and dig in some dirt after all.
