May 1, 2023
I picked this card from my pre-made bin as it looked like a cheerful reminder that Spring will be here to stay very soon and we’ll all be enjoying the colours in the flowers in our gardens.
Happy Birthday Barb
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In the dirt
Thursday, April 27, 2013
The weather has turned (again) and we’ve had a couple of nice days. I got out into the yard on Tuesday and did some weeding in one of the beds. I wanted to get the sunflowers planted because they were predicting rain for the next day. I ran out of steam before I got to the planting but Pat did that for me. I look forward to getting home from Vancouver and seeing them poking above ground.
I was out in the yard again today working on a couple of hosta beds. They were easy to do as I just needed to rake off the leaves that had accumulated over the winter. From there I moved on to clearing the patio bricks. I only got about half of one side done before I tired out.
I’m surprised at how little stamina I have; I feel fine but can only manage about half an hour of work. My knees were really hurting even though I was working from a padded bench. It wasn’t until I was putting my tools away that I saw the knee pads that Pat bought me last year. I’ll wear them next time I’m out and maybe I can last longer.
Andrew
This was my April project for the sewing day with Stacia and Deloise; I’m going through the book alphabetically while my sisters have picked a different path through the book. This is one that Stacia had already done so I was able to get some pointers from her.
When I was picking my fabrics, all scraps, I was happy that I had pieces already cut that fit the pattern almost perfectly. For another project I’d been saving 1.5″ x 3″ pieces; this called for 1″ x 3″ so it involved only a bit of trimming.
The piece went together very quickly and I was completely finished, binding and all, before our last check-in of the afternoon – a first for me.
An easy decision
Monday, April 24, 2023
Finally we’ve had a nice day – no rain, no wind and plenty of sunshine.
My plan was to wait until the afternoon when it was the warmest and then get out and get some weeds pulled. I knew I’d be anxious to get my sunflower seeds in the ground but I didn’t want to overdo it so settled on just the weeds for today.
I did some sewing this morning – another batch of eleven pinwheels – and was amazed when Pat told me it was lunchtime. I had some papers to drop off at the hospital and Pat wanted some groceries so we did that before lunch.
When we realized how nice it was outside Pat suggested a walk. I really wanted to get at the weeds but knew a walk was probably better for me. I was surprised that after not being out for a couple of weeks I was able to make it to the end of the sea walk and back again.
The weeds can wait another day; I just hope they don’t go to seed before I get to them.