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It's rainy and cold here, but, I'm not complaining. We need the rain, the garden dirt was very dry yesterday and all the little baby seedlings looked sad. I finally got the veg garden done and most of the flower beds too. I put in a few new ones, enough to make the lawn mower guy pissed off. Too bad. It's like a maze out there now. Eventually, they'll all be joined and all I'll have is grass paths without much lawn at all. I got some new shrubs too. I don't really have much space left to plant them without coming inward towards what is now lawn. So, that vision I had of the yard years ago is starting to become real. Removing all that turf has been the hard part, but, six feet there and six feet here each year, well, eventually you start to see real progress. I think it's going to be really pretty this year. I enjoy the way it all changes. It never looks exactly like I planned, it just kind of does it's own thing, surprising me. Like, the plants decide where they'll grow, so I now have tall perennial beds where I used to have short annual beds. Then I have to dig new beds for my favorite annuals. The garden moves and changes shape and size. Every year I have to look at it and change my perceptions based on what nature does while I'm not looking. That's part of the fun and challenge though.

My new lawn mower has disappeared. For awhile an old one took it's place. I have no idea what happened. I just shrugged and used the old one, it worked fine. Not as good as the original one I 'lost' but, it was okay. I just use it to trim around my beds and let the lawn dude mow the bulk of it. But, now the old one is gone too. I give up. I think the old lady has lost her marbles and the only thing she can control is goofy stuff. It's irritating, but, not worth high blood pressure. The next mower will be locked down with a bike lock. I doubt that will stop her, but, it's all I can come up with. I found some of my pruners and saws on her yard sale porch and I stole them back. Now I can busy myself with cutting back the Forsythia and Butterfly bushes, which are out of hand. And I can remove all the Walnut trees that come up. Those things will grow 6-12 feet in a year. If I don't get them, it will be too late and I'll have a forest of Walnut trees. The Maples are the same way, but, I selectively cut them. I now have 15 maturing Maples in a row at the back fence where my mom cut every thing down a couple of years ago. They look really pretty and are big enough to give shade this year. Which, of course, means I can make a new shade garden beneath them. I'm pulling the rag weed and turning the soil so it will be ready in August when the Hostas will be free or almost free. That will make a nice foundation. But, the work seems to go on forever. But, once you get something like that finished it seems to watch itself and you can go on to the next spot. You know what I mean?

What are you up to?