Garden

Ahhh… vacation.  Rick had a whole week off of work… last Wednesday to this Tuesday.  Yippee!!!  So what did we do all week?  Well, more than once we could be located outside with our noses to the ground checking out the veggie sprouts in the garden.

We did go the the dentist (nice to get it out of the way).  We visited friends and family.  We stayed up until 1:00 am playing Monopoly.  We took a trip to Georgetown and hiked all over Guenella Pass.  We went to my sister’s housewarming party.  We laughed at the growing chickens… and complained that they weren’t big enough yet to live outside (there is a thick layer of dust covering the entire office thanks to the little birds).  Notice the amazing growth… the first two pictures are from the 14th, the last is from the 23rd.

We finished up with some seafood from Pappadeaux.  Yum!  All in all it was a nice, fun filled, relaxing week.  Wish we could do it again!!

Ah!  The weather’s been so nice!  Yesterday, Rick and I decided it was time to shake off the winter dust, and get outside in the garden!  We laid out a couple of blankets and put H down in the shade so he could join us.

This brought out the neighbor from across the street.  The first time we’ve met her!  She brought a cute little stuffed lion for H sat down in the grass and chatted with us for a while.  Mark, another neighbor came home, saw us, and came to chat too.  Then Doug (the guy next door) waved hello, and the mom on the other side said hello too.  This is the most neighbors I’ve ever seen at once in our neighborhood and we’ve lived here, for going on four years!  It was great!

We spent the whole afternoon cleaning up my five flower beds, while H merrily batted at his toys or snoozed in the shade.  We intended to get peas planted in the veggie garden, but alas, the flower beds were a much bigger project than we anticipated!

I realized how much I had neglected the beds last summer while I was pregnant.  But how refreshing to be out in the sun, getting dirt under our fingernails again.  Even digging out the invasive crab grass, barely seemed like a chore.  I am so happy spring is here!