Mockingbird Hill Cottage

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Sunday

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A chilly, gray day after lots of rain yesterday. I had to turn the heat on this morning! Temps will be back to normal tomorrow and in the meantime, I’m going to try to get more work done today and tomorrow, as it looks like we have a rainy week ahead.

Don isn’t coming home for his day off for a few reasons. His longtime friend is visiting NYC and he’s having dinner with him tonight and then on Tuesday, he has an afternoon rehearsal for an event later in the week where the cast will be performing. It’s a pretty busy week for him and trying to get home for one day isn’t all that restful. I may go in, but I doubt it, as Monday is one, if not the only, dry day on the docket for the week. Grass needs to be mowed! Plants need to be planted.

Next week, he’ll be home for an extra day, so that makes up for this weekend. It’s all good.

I had a great time with Rick and Doug. They’ve had a garden designer and crew in for the last week and the changes the designer made are really thoughtful and smart. The property had been neglected for the past few years, so there was a lot of clearing out to be done. It looks lovely and will look even lovelier as some time passes. It’s such a pretty property. And they’ve discovered that they have dogwoods (gorgeous!) and crabapples and they are all blooming at the moment. Heaven!

Happy Mother’s Day to all you moms. And that includes moms of animals, students, nieces and nephews, grandchildren – even plants. I miss my mom and I miss being a mom. But I’m very grateful for the mom I had and will have forever and for all the dogs I have mothered, for my nieces and nephews and godchildren, and for all my former students. Mothering comes in many forms. A special Happy Mother’s Day to my sister, who is such a terrific and fiercely devoted mom to her boys (including two furry boys.)

Happy Sunday.

On Friday

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Yours truly is tuckered out. But more rain is due this weekend and stuff has to be done around here. There is a deadline of sorts, so on I go!

A beautiful day yesterday until the afternoon when sprinkles came and went while I was trying to finish mowing the front lawn before the deluge. (I did.) But that thunderstorm, when it came, was huge; thunder, lightning, epic rain going every which way, slamming against the windows, flooding the gutters. And afterward, the most spectacular sunset! It was a wowzer of a couple of hours.

Today: more mulching. Planting impatiens. Starting to clear the bed behind the kitchen which is usually weed-filled. No mowing, the ground is too wet.

More narcissus, this time in the big garden bed and another batch in the woods. They were here when we moved in, thanks to a previous owner. So beautiful.

Last night in Margaritaville, Alison, the female lead, was feeling under the weather. So her understudy got to go on for the first time. Her understudy, Keely, who is part of the ensemble happens to be married in real life to Paul, the male lead. So, she got to play opposite her husband and ‘marry’ him at the end of the show. Isn’t that wonderful? Smile worthy.

I ordered Monty Don’s latest book through Book Depository and it arrived earlier this week. I haven’t had time to start it yet, but this rainy weekend looks to be a good time. I love this guy.

I’m off to make my second cup of coffee.

Happy Friday.

 

Lilacs, Quince and a Bunny

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Not quite fully open, and fewer blooms than last year, but I’ll take it. I was walking down the driveway to the mailbox and I caught a whiff of that heavenly scent. Nothing better.

It’s another lovely day; that is, until this afternoon, when we’re to get thunderstorms. I did a lot of work outside yesterday. I sowed the seeds for the morning glories and moonflowers. Today I’ll sow the zinnias. I added more top soil to a few of the garden beds. I weeded the big garden bed so I could mulch. And then I mulched. All this and a trip to the nursery to get the mulch and a flat of impatiens and some plants for the area behind the kitchen. I’ve never really done anything with it, but I’m going to slowly change that. It could be a lot  prettier than it is.

My back is complaining this morning as are my allergies. But…that’s spring for you.

Though the lilac has less flowers than usual, the flowering quince is outdoing itself (they’re  in the same area of the lawn.) Orange flowers everywhere!

Just when I was thinking I hadn’t seen a bunny in quite a while, I saw this guy just outside the kitchen door.

I love the way the light shines through his ears. The same thing happened with Scout. I never tired of seeing it.

Okay. Have to get a move on. I’m definitely on the clock today as I only have the morning to work outside.

Happy Thursday.

 

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