Temperatures in the 30’s last night Frost warning due for tonight AARRGGH… just
cover them up the best ya can…
Great news though… the new cover for the Cold frame came at the perfect time…
Yesterday… How neat is that…
We found the replacement in Canada…so shipping was much less than ordering it
from the England…
After several WARM days,
you know the ones that MAKE you WANT to go outside
and play in the dirt…
Weed eating, roto-tilling etc…
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I can say SAFELY today I do nothing but
allow my body to return to what I think is Normal…
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But then NORMAL is only a setting on the Dryer… ;)
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Even my knee pits ache.
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I can sit here today and say,
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“By Golly and Gee Whiz, it is DONE.”
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Good feeling ey?
This a weeping Cherry Tree to the side of the front of our home,
Note all the daffodils there…
90% of these were already here when we bought the home @ 30 years ago…
NOT THE TREE, the flowers ;)
Meanwhile on the back side of the house… More flowers planted…
New project are stirring…which is always a fun thing…
One [did I say just ONE…hint~~ hint…] Soon to be Mothers Day gift [May 11] …
another raised Flower Bed… Whooooooooo hooooooooooooo
NOTE... the raised bed that is already there will be duplicated ONLY is shape NOT in total height.
The new bed will be to the right and infront of the Veggie Garden...
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I had to dig up all the Daffodills that otherwise would have been covered by the
soon to be New Bed.
Click to make the picture larger and notice all the DIVITS, that is where all of
those flowers WERE
Speaking of Mother’s Day ~~~ Need to tell you all how the
Great State Of West Virginia Figures into this Holiday.
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Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis (September 30, 1832, Culpeper, Virginia — May 9, 1905, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a social actitivist and organizer during and after the American Civil War. She and her daughter, Anna Marie Jarvis (1864-1948), are recognized as the "mothers" of the Mother's Day holiday in the United States.
Jarvis worked throughout western Virginia (now West Virginia) to promote worker health and safety. During the American Civil War she organized women to tend to the needs of the wounded of both sides of the conflict. After the war she became active in the promotion of a "Mother's Day" holiday that, unlike the modern version of the holiday, specially emphasized the causes of pacifism and social activism. She organized meetings of the mothers of soldiers of both sides of the late war.
Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis died in Philadelphia in 1905. Jarvis' daughter, Anna Marie Jarvis, held a memorial to her mother in Grafton, West Virginia on May 12, 1907, and then embarked upon a campaign to make Mother's Day a recognized holiday, a goal which was achieved when President Woodrow Wilson declared it so in 1914.
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In the United States, the first modern Father's Day celebration was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia.[1][2] It was first celebrated as a church service at Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Methodist Church. Grace Golden Clayton, who is believed to have suggested the service to the pastor, is believed to have been inspired to celebrate fathers after the deadly mine explosion in nearby Monongah the prior December. This explosion killed 361 men, many of them fathers and recent immigrants to the United States from Italy. Another possible inspiration for the service was Mother's Day, which had been celebrated for the first time two months prior in Grafton, West Virginia, a town about 15 miles (24 km) away.Another driving force behind the establishment of the integration of Father's Day was Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd, born in Creston, Washington. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, as a single parent reared his six children in Spokane, Washington. She was inspired by Anna Jarvis's efforts to establish Mother's Day. Although she initially suggested June 5, the anniversary of her father's death, she did not provide the organizers with enough time to make arrangements, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June. The first June Father's Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in Spokane, WA.
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HA and grin ~~ bet you all cannot tell I am a proud
West Virginian?
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Psssssssssssst
...do not tell my Sweetie but I have ALMOST narrowed down what he is getting for Father’s Day… while I sit today the final decision will be made…but you all will have to wait until June 15 to find out.
Soon after Sarah’s Pond was complete, the ducks wrecked havoc. Temporary measure was a plastic fence. This summer we added not just a Fence, as we call it the DUCK Fence, but a lower deck adjacent to the existing deck Plus a concrete pad that is Beautiful.
Enjoy a work in progress.
Next year I shall add some Lily of the Valley as well as more ferns. It should settle out and be just totally wonderful. Aside from keeping the gardening and pond maintained
We chose for the patterned stone Fieldstone.
Colors and patterns for stamped concrete are often chosen to blend with other stone or tile elements at the residence. Complex designs incorporating steps, courtyards, and fountains can be achieved. Stamped concrete can also be blended with other decorative concrete elements such as exposed aggregate finishes and acid-etch staining. Many contractors offer dozens of patterns.
We chose for the patterned stone Fieldstone.
Colors and patterns for stamped concrete are often chosen to blend with other stone or tile elements at the residence. Complex designs incorporating steps, courtyards, and fountains can be achieved. Stamped concrete can also be blended with other decorative concrete elements such as exposed aggregate finishes and acid-etch staining. Many contractors offer dozens of patterns.
