roses, iris, spider wart...

the rain consisted of 12 minutes of sprinkles this morning...

which I listened to on the deck...

and when that was done...

we started sweeping up the cotton wood stuffing...

and then I played around...

the pale pink roses are blooming...

and the spider wart opened up this morning...

and my vintage iris...

if you want lots of flowers...

divide and divide and do it often...

over the years...

it pays off...

and mix your beds up...

we are going to start watering tomorrow...

I was counting on some rain out of that forecast...

but it passed us by...

there is a big list for this weekend...

warm and no rain for both days...

the guys are going to be sore when I get done with them...

washed a few things down, too, while we were at it this morning...

its always a work in progress...

dead heading the tulips is on that list...

and taco pizza tonight for supper...

DH's version...

and mine...

yum...

I am going to pay for that sour cream, cheese and tomatoes...

but it was worth it...

praying for so many tonight...

the tornadoes in Texas last night were so bad...

so much gone...

and so many...

praying our government gets with the program and starts doing something right soon...

praying for families close here that have lost someone this week...

have a great day tomorrow...

;)

just trying to beat the rain, again...

got up early...

our mornings are so pretty here...

Daphne was talking to the birds...

while I was waiting on Craig to get moving, I thought I would show you what we did yesterday...

ceramic bells from an old wind chime, from a friend who has drifted away...

you always need clothes pins...

they can fix almost anything...

that and duct tape...

the old stars off of a strand of lights...

if we can ever find a strand of white lights...

I will use them again...

and there's the cabinet on the deck...

and these are coming up from the bird seed...

have no idea what they are...

but I am going to let them go and see...

I filled the bird feeders, and still no Craig...

so I did what any normal blogger would do...

more photos...

he finally gets out there and I start to work on these...

and he crawls under the deck...

I had them make a trap door in the back so we could store stuff under there...

we went through the totes and then he stuck them back under there...

and I dug so wandering ferns and potted them...

transplanted some of them, too...

and that was it until this...

hmmmm...

looks bad, has looked bad since it was made...

our cold frames...

and they work really well...

and here is the after...

see you can turn all the blocks so you can't see the ends of them...

these are from a house that was torn down just down the street...

they are vintage salt glazed and seem to be hand made...

they are not all the same size...

close, but not exact...

the old windows came from the same house...

cold frames, if you do not know, are used to house plants in the early spring...

much like a green house...

the salt glaze blocks absorb and hold heat very well...

the windows let the sunlight in...

and plants bought too early or started early...

are safe from frost and freeze...

they also grow faster in there...

I wanted to show you this crazy columbine I bought last year...

it has 2 different colors on it...

a very pale lavender...

and a deep, dark purple...

kind of off...

like me...

after the cold frame was reworked...

we took the rest of the blocks and lined the front of the veggie garden...

see, now the mower can't throw grass in there...

in the back corners, are going to be little hills...

for watermelons...

got the seed today...

and they have been working the field behind us today...

sprayed it this morning and we had to come in for about an hour...

and they planted this afternoon...

that's corn going in the ground right there...

now that's a planter...

18 row...

things have sure changed since I was a kid...

we thought farmers were uppity if they had an 8 row one...

LOL

well, its been a long day and I am pupt...

we got a bad storm heading this way...

so I am going to check the radar again...

hopefully, we can sleep tonight...

;)

got to play in some dirt...

one very windy day dried things out around here...

I was so surprised to find dirt that wouldn't make a mud pie when I transplanted the radishes...

thinned them out of here...

and stuck them in here...

and then we had to water them...

that's a first for this year...

watering?

the rose bushes are so close to being full of blooms...

Elmer is still not sure about outside...

he is afraid of everything...

this was all transplanted last year and some new plants added...

we walked to the end of our street for a look at one of the fields...

wild mustard has taken over...

you can see how the mud dried...

from standing water...

but the farmers are just getting into the fields...

with more rain coming in on Thursday, they may not have much time...

by the weekend, the iris will be in full bloom...

the nights have been pretty cool around here...

frosted out in the open the night before...

but the days are warmer and the clematis exploded in color yesterday...

I can see these out the living room window...

yeah, I am getting more of these...

the flags are tall this year...

really filling in...

the beds are so thick...

might be a good year to thin out and make new beds...

move things around a bit and line some rows...

have a fun day!

;)