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COFFEE!!!!
Mary took it easy and worked inside while I managed to putter around the backyard all day. I fixed the drip system for the roses, moved the patio furniture around so we could roll in the swing when it rains, and trimmed the roses back a bit.
We got an early morning text from Joe: Charlie and his lady went to the Prom!!
Charlie (our grandson) went to the Prom Saturday night!!!
It was drizzling this morning, so I rolled the big swing under the patio! This works well because we can light the fire on the table (it has a gas-fired heater), sit back, watch TV outside, and let the rain come as it wants.
The swing can come indoors now when it rains.
After pushing the two-wheeled cart with three bales of straw across the grass with a flat tire, I went to Amazon and bought solid wheels—no more flats!
No more flat tires!!!
I sprinkled two bags of red mulch on the patio plants, and they are looking pretty good now! The color is guaranteed to stay for a year, and then it turns into brown/grey wood bits, which is perfect for digging into the soil!
The red mulch looks pretty good.
I was supervised all day, and Bark the Wonder Dog only moved enough to keep me in his sights.
I was being supervised.
Some of the drip lines along the rose wall had come loose, so today, with my trusty butane lighter and kit of drip line attachments, I went to work and fixed them all. Now, everything is back to working again!
All the roses are now getting plenty of water.
The blueberries have enjoyed the acid-mulch shot in the arm they were given two weeks ago and are coming along just fine! Last year, we had blueberries for almost six weeks. Every morning, we would visit the bush, get a handful, and sprinkle them on our cereal, or Mary would make them into her muffins!
Did we say blueberries?
Our old Lavender plant got twiggy, so we transplanted it to the east side of the house and replaced it with a new bush.
Lavender makes the garden smell great!
Yes, it is a baby artichoke, and in a month, it will be ready to be picked up and gobbled up for dinner.
Artichokes are coming!
At 6:30, Diane (Mary’s ex-daughter-in-law) came over, and we all went to dinner at Renata’s at the Orange Circle. Dianne was going to a medical conference in the local area and decided to visit, which was a delightful surprise. Dianne is an ER doctor and has to do her 50 hours of CME. She selected a class that was being given nearby. We had a wonderful time!
We returned to the house around 9:00 pm and crashed; Diane had to be on the road early, and we were tired from “resting” all day!
