Finally on the mend Friday!

Well, today I FINALLY felt up to getting things done around here.  Yesterday, I had to get out of this house after being rather laid up with this cold for an entire week.  The sun was shining and I knew just a half hour drive down the road I would find green grass showing instead of the infernal white stuff out my windows.  I am already craving warm weather and my flower garden which I will not see for a good 2 or more months.  So on my little trek to warmer climes (it was a balmy 52 degrees with glorious sunshine there) I stopped in at a garden center and picked up some seed starting mix.  I have loads of flower seeds to start to fill my summer garden.  Like some of these Peaches and Cream Hollyhocks

And some of these Monkshood for a shady area

And some Crazy daisys that I hope are as frizzily as these ones are.

So I wandered the garden center savoring the spring scents of stock and violas while basking in the suns warmth for as long as I pleased.  I found some sweet pea seeds to add to my collection and some yellow sticky traps to rid my house of the fungus gnat infestation we have been inundated with.  I bought some plants at a big box store and I think they tagged along with their buddies some mealy bugs.  Yikes! 

I stayed as long as I like then headed back home with a quick run through the grocery store.  After that I did not accomplish much, I was more than spent after that little jaunt.  I am so not used to giving out so early in the day but it must have been the residuals of the cold. 

Today I was back to normal other than the raspy voice.  I helped de-ice the front steps (no small task), cut the legs for my console table, sanded down a gate type sign I am making for our home and repainted it (I did not like the shade of blue I started with) then I potted up 12 different type flower seeds and set them up on their growing racks.  I will have to post some photos of that set up soon.  It works quite well.  And now I am ready to relax with my hubby, content that I accomplished quite a bit of my "to do" list.  I did fit a bit of cooking and cleaning in there as well.

one of my favorite English roses  "Jubilee Celebration"

Pamela

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