This is what happens when Ruthie comes home from school. Jersey is so happy to see her.

This is what we had left after the flood last spring- and we are still trying to get things back to the way they used to be.
Lost so many plants and bushes- and grass.
We sure don't want to do that again!

Stupid cat trying to fit into a cinder clock she could get into last summer before she added a few pounds.

She's not the only one around here that's done that this winter. We all need to work off a little extra weight.

Transplanted more irises this morning and got all of them out of the hibiscus- they were choking it out, so hopefully we will have blooms this year, but if we don't we will next again.

The beds are really dry and we could use some rain, but the yard still feels soggy.

It was fun to play in the dirt this morning. It was supposed to be 65 today but most of the day it hung around 49.

Steve got the limb pile burnt today and we still have a pile of leaves but was a bit too windy to do them. They blow through the air and we are waiting on a calm day.

Been a lot of fires getting out of control in our area- and the fire depts have been kept busy putting them out. People don't want to wait for calmer days and then they wonder why they lost a garage.

My friends chicks have no liked the cold weather- death toll yesterday was 17 out of 50. That's not too good.

Just a few shadows in the north part of the yard. We worked outside this morning and got all the leaf raking done and transplanted a few iris shoots. Then we dog proofed the porch so Jersey can't get loose anymore.

Craig will head back to Doug's tomorrow afternoon and begin classes again on Monday. It won't be long now till both kids are done with school for the summer and the real fun will begin.

I got sick this afternoon late so I laid down for awhile and finally felt better this evening. Hopefully, I won't wake up that way in the morning and we can spend a fun day with the kids.

Steve and I sowed some grass seed this morning in the south yard- the flood kinda messed up that part of the yard and it has bare spots here and there. Should have done it over the winter, but just didn't think to put grass seed on the shopping list.