remember spring?

well, with the heat starting to climb back into the 90s...

it's kind of hard to think about it...

but it's too hot and nasty to play in the beds...

and things are pretty much the way they are going to be until the frost comes...

now's the time to start planning your spring...

time to make diagrams, if you do that...

time to start looking for bulbs at the stores...

time to think about color...

height...

because gardening is a gentle balance of enjoying what is happening today...

with dreams of what is coming...

tulips, daffodils and crocus scream spring and rebirth...

I have a row of daffodils I want to dig and spread around all over...

they came from my father in law years ago...

and they have multiplied so well...

I do my spring bulbs in September- first of October, depending on the weather...

I like my beds to just happen...

especially with the spring bulbs...

and I am going to snag up some more crocus and tulip bulbs this year...

throw them all in a basket and let my guys go out and plant them...

so I can be surprised and amazed again next spring...

so if you're bored, get out the catalogs, google spring bulbs and go back and look at your spring photos...

and start dreaming...

just another day...

not too many more of these are left to go...

then we will cut the stalks down...

some catapillars are eating the leaves on the walnut...

tomato plant gone crazy...

between the japanese beetles and the heat, the fern look bad...

we cut the dead off today...

not sure what to do next with this...

roses and everything else was soaked with dew this morning...

too wet to work outside until things dried up a bit...

Boofy caught a locust while we were walking around this morning...

the corn is huge now...

I like the sunlight on the fence...

we spent some time outside today and then in the afternoon it was cooking time...

while it's still cool...

we made spaghetti and meat loaf...

enough for a few days...

watched Holmes Inspection today...

recorded it from last night...

played on the computer a little...

but the babies took a lot of time today...

trying to get their poopies straightened out after having cow's milk is never fun or easy...

they have been crying with belly aches the last 2 days off and on...

and today it all finally came out...

we have had to change their bedding 4 times today...

poor guys...

and we have a butt sucker...

yippee...

who might have to go into isolation...

haven't had one of those in awhile...

it's not good for the one doing it or the one it's being done to...

the butt sucker will ingest urine and poop, not good...

and the suckee will be over stimulated and end up with the poopies, not good either...

so we pull the sucker and put it in it's own little kennel...

all alone...

and we have to do that until they are off the bottle and stop nursing...

all is finally calm and quiet...

I have been trying to nap here and there today, too...

so, I'm heading for bed...

night...