Spring Is Really Here!

This is the third warm, dry day in a row.  It must really be spring, finally.


We got a late start this morning after yesterday's festivities.  Then we took down all of the Easter decorations and Tom vacuumed while I stowed the stuff.  

I had this stored in an upstairs closet, but the collection has grown.  It's time to go buy a storage tub, or tubs, and then put it in the attic.  The piles awaits a trip to Home Depot.


About 11:00 we finally made it outside to tackle the big job for the day, trimming the salal.

 It didn't take long to shed the sweatshirts.


Salal is a native shrub which was growing naturally on our property when we bought it 34 years ago.  We encouraged it where we wanted it to add to the landscape.  But it can get very tall.  Last year we removed a photinia hedge that was diseased, and planted hydrangeas in the space.  The salal needed to be lowered.

 We worked together to trim and pick up.  Tom trimmed some other trees and shrubs while we were at it. This area done, we declared it lunch time.

 The debris pile grew as we added to it from other parts of the yard in the afternoon.  Tom decided he would wait until tomorrow to put it through the shredder.

 The last thing I did was clean out the planter box on the front porch and add the plants that were the flowers from my Easter table center piece.

With left overs to eat for dinner, it will be an easy evening.  I'll go for a walk before settling down in front of the TV.  There is a new Antiques Roadshow tonight.