Spring Blooms ~ Done!

Dandelions are up. Sorry the photos are the best. I was outside with my phone the other day.

Daffodils and hyacinths are blooming and I have more white daffodils that are just now blooming. I only have a few tulips and they are just now starting to bloom. I have an idea to put tulips back in my front flower bed, but it may be fall now before I can plant the bulbs. It's a bit late this year to do it. Moles ate my bulbs in the previous years. I'll just start with a dozen and see if they grow, but keep the moles out.

We've had some foggy mornings here lately, and somewhat chilly, but it warmed up just a bit.

What's done?

The chicken coop has been spring cleaned!

The kitchen refrigerator (yes we have two) has been sanitized and cleaned out!

The runners have arrived and the floors are looking better!

More rugs washed and dried!

What else is done? I lost another 1.8 lbs. I'm only 2.2 from losing all my winter weight (or what I gained during spider bite recovery and not being able to work out for 2 months, followed by very little exercise).

Rain is to arrive again today. Just when I think the soil will be dry enough to plant, but I'm not going to worry about it. It will warm up early next week. There is plenty of indoor work to do, and I do need a plan for dinner. The kids surprised me by eating both pans of shells in 2 days. I was shocked, and my oldest daughter came over again!! I guess if you want the whole gang home, bake stuffed shells, ha ha!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Apples and Tomatoes Oh My!

The early morning weather here has been downright chilly. One morning it was 42 degrees. Flower beds have been weeded. The herb garden is next in line, but I do need to figure out what to do with all the rosemary plants I planted in the actual vegetable garden. I have not mastered keeping them alive all winter indoors. They will not survive the winter if left outside. Did any of my blog writing followers locate a better "blog" platform online? Just curious if anyone is moving from blogger.

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Under the Weather ~ What's Growing?

I have not been around in blogland much, due to being under the weather after I pushed myself way to far one day. I have to remember we cannot do it all in one day. Thank goodness for teas and tinctures, and healing foods (and rest). We are feeling better. As for our blogs being used for advertising on many websites, and so forth (I can't see any other reason for the source of views: howstuffworks, dominospizza, mayoclinic {not the blog readers interested in my actual blog}) the numbers continue to climb. I have not found a way to "opt" out either. If any of you find a new way to avoid this, blog elsewhere, find a new platform etc, please be sure to share. If your blog has ads, you are are not going to complain, ha ha! You are probably making a bucko-bucks with all these visitors to your blog. Okay, back to the update post . . .

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16 Weeks Until Christmas

It's not hard to believe that we are traveling closer to the winter holidays. I'm trying to focus on enjoying every single day until then, but I am fitting in a few snippets of holiday preparing. Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year. It's hard to believe it's the last day of August. I have not yet gotten rid of the links to all the advertisers using my blog posts, but again, still working on it. However, my profile has gone from my blog, and while I am in settings, it is not able to add as a "gadget" to the blog. Weird things are happening. Google had a data breach recently as well, so gmail users were advised to change passwords. Not sure what else is going on, but just in case you are wondering why my "profile" is not on my blog any longer. Okay, back to the Christmas countdown post . . .

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