Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Cleaning
Yesterday was mostly a cleaning day. The lake room, the bedroom, and the living room had been pretty well dealt with last fall. The kitchen had been neglected. Today was the day I moved things around, washed implements that sit out, washed the floor, and cleaned anything that didn't move.
Nothing exciting to take pictures of unless you're Martha Stewart — and I probably didn't do a job she'd approve of.
It was also a day of inventorying the garden and the planters. The jack-in-the-pulpits are up and opening.
The tiny violets are gorgeous in the garden and in the lawn. They are the same color as the creeping charlie blossoms, but creeping charley is creepy and is crowding out the grass all over the yard.
Even the pine seedlings that have volunteered in the garden and the courtyard are growing tall quickly. This one is adding a quarter of its old height to itself.
But the stars are mostly in the woods: the trillium (trill?). They're everywhere; alone and in bunches; almost all white, but occasionally with tinges of color.
A neighbor down the way has corralled a few in his garden.
And I stopped and bought 21 new plants this afternoon. Salvia for the hummingbirds; mums for the RedTom pot; and bleeding hearts for the terrace wall. Tomorrow I'll work on getting them in the ground.
Nothing exciting to take pictures of unless you're Martha Stewart — and I probably didn't do a job she'd approve of.
It was also a day of inventorying the garden and the planters. The jack-in-the-pulpits are up and opening.
The tiny violets are gorgeous in the garden and in the lawn. They are the same color as the creeping charlie blossoms, but creeping charley is creepy and is crowding out the grass all over the yard.
Even the pine seedlings that have volunteered in the garden and the courtyard are growing tall quickly. This one is adding a quarter of its old height to itself.But the stars are mostly in the woods: the trillium (trill?). They're everywhere; alone and in bunches; almost all white, but occasionally with tinges of color.
A neighbor down the way has corralled a few in his garden.
And I stopped and bought 21 new plants this afternoon. Salvia for the hummingbirds; mums for the RedTom pot; and bleeding hearts for the terrace wall. Tomorrow I'll work on getting them in the ground.
