Spring Means Work . . . But I'm Loving Every Minute Of It

I have been doing so much work outside.
Including spray painting our old glider.
Our weather really broke last week 
and we have been having beautiful weather. 

 The last four days the temperatures have
 been in the 60's and even hit 70 one day.
I've never grown roses before,
but I have been planting quite a few this spring.

They say, "Make hay while the sun shines"

So, that's what I'm doing.
 The house work is taking a back burner, so to speak, LOL.

  This morning I woke to a rainy cloudy day,
so I may have to get some of that back housework done, today :)

For all of you sweet blogging sisters that are covered in snow,

I'm wishing you an early Spring like ours.

Our neighbors were having their trees topped.

 So, I went over and asked the men 
if they would do a small job for me. 
Can you guess?

I want a tire swing for our granddaughters
when they come to visit.
 Hey!  We live in the country now,
so we need an old fashioned tire swing :)

We could still get snow this year or even very cool weather.

I certainly hope not, because my apricot trees 
are budding and ready to bloom.
I would hate to loose all the chances 
of having fruit this year.

 

So, as you can seen by these photos 

I've been getting a tremendous amount of outdoor work done. 

I pulled the old pick-up under the apricot trees 
and pruned them.
I didn't have to stand on a ladder that way.
 Smart thinking, right :) 
I wish that I would have thought of it
last summer when we were picking apricots, LOL

 I built these planter boxes and plan on building enough of them 
to go across this area behind the garden.
When Steve is at work . . . his tools are mine Ya ha,ha,ha :)

I purchased myself a toy at Home Depot.
Come visit and I'll let you spend time in it.
I might even bring you a cool glass of sun tea :)

I planted roses . . .

Lots of climbers to go along the picket fence.

That should give our home a warm 
and cozy old fashioned cottage feel.  

I've planted two tea roses under bedroom windows. 
And as you can see, I started a garden journal.
I wish that I would have started it last year
 when we had our first garden, 
but last year was overwhelming, with so much to do.
A journal was just not on my list. 
 

Gave the porch a second coat of paint.
I only gave it one coat last year when I painted.

I've been raking leaves and moving dirt.


Every-time I do a job I think to myself . . .
I've got to get all that I can done,
because I don't know how many years I have left in me, for this much work.
I'll be 70 in September :)

Well, enough about my jobs . . .
Which I am totally enjoying;
Anytime that I can work outside on a warm sunny day, is heaven to me.

The other night we built a fire in the backyard.
 Then called our neighbors to come over.
We sat outside roasted marshmallows and gazed at the stars.
It was so nice :)

What have you been doing . . .
I certainly hope that if you are in the 
Northern Hemisphere,
you are starting to feel warmer spring weather.



Keep Smiling !
Your blogging sister,
Connie :)