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Dang, I gave up drinking!
We were so lazy today that we didn’t roll out of bed until a respectable 8:00 am—what can I say, we’re not early risers, we’re “efficient snoozers!” The sky was clearer than my morning brain, with absolutely no clouds—probably because they knew we were too lazy to chase them away! After a riveting two hours of high-stakes office work (a.k.a. intense email refreshing), we decided that walking through the garden sounded like a thrilling adventure. Yes, nothing screams “wild and adventurous” like slowly ambling through flowers while debating whether to get coffee or just nap again!
I had to remind Mary that with Easter hopping just around the corner, she needed to be extra careful! You never know when a chocolate bunny might launch a surprise attack! Those sugary creatures can be sneaky—one minute you’re admiring their cute little ears, and the next, you’re dodging a flurry of caramel eggs! Beware the bunny brigade!
Our rotary vertical gardens are doing quite well and providing beautiful flowers and associated fragrances to waft through the house all day long.
Spring has sprung!
Mary and I spent a good hour trimming the flower beds and getting them into shape for tomorrow’s festivities.
We have white roses everywhere.
The sweet peas are finally doing their thing, going wild. Sweet peas are climbing vines that can grow up to 6 feet tall. They have fragrant flowers, and their scent is often described as a mix of orange blossom, hyacinth, and rose.
Mary’s sweet peas are doing great!
The rose garden is also doing well now that we worked on it a few weeks ago. Mary weeded it and I redid the drip lines. We trimmed everything back to the base, and now they are exploding.
The butter roses are a real standout.
The Julia Roberts/Butter Rose comes on strong every year, and the yellow is so fresh-looking; I swear I’ll add it to the bagel plate tomorrow!
You could almost spread it on toast!
We never left the house today. Mary worked on getting ready for Easter and I worked on keeping the damned wabbits out of the lettuce. I finally decided to stretch a 2’x3′ piece of steel cloth over the garden and hold the ends down using 3/4″ PVC which I attached using stainless steel screws.
I made ten trips to the garage and back while inventing the wabbit-guard!
We watched two John Wayne movies (for the fourth time) and had a small dinner this evening. After dinner, we did two episodes of Sea Watch, an Australian Coast Guard series. We crashed at 10:30 pm!
Mother Nature is breathtaking.
