Am I Boring?

 We went to Costco this morning. We arrived near the end of the special senior hours, so the store began to fill up, but not bad, and we got a place close up to park. I got some walking in, while having the cart steady me. That was good. We got what was on our list and nothing extra. That was very good, and hard to do, but we do still have a bunch of Easter treats left at home. Surprisingly almost everyone, including us, was wearing a mask. 

We aren't exactly quarantining, but we are wearing our N95 and KN95 masks if we encounter anyone else. Hopefully we are protecting each other.

We have a date for our upstairs recarpeting, May 11th, so I am working a little bit at a time on room preparation. The second bedroom is almost done with all of the little stuff. We will have help moving heavy furniture. I am finding some things to give away. That's a good thing. I am also trying to get creative about where to store things. Contents of a bookshelf are now stacked in the bathtub, since no one uses that bathroom on a daily basis now. Clothing that hangs long will go there on top of the books. That large bathroom will eventually get filled with shelving and furniture. 

Outside Spring is still emerging slowly as chilly weather continues. We want it to warm up, but it is nice to be able to slow down the blooming and greening so this lovely beauty of early spring will last longer. 

Orange is joining purple. 

Native dogwood.

Native Oregon Grape.

Sword ferns beginning to unfurl. 

The later camelias are still pretty, but every leaf is coated with pollen from the fir and cedar trees. 

The mouse plants are hiding lots of little mousies under their leaves. 

Young and old trillium.

I cut back some Indian plum and pruned the golden euonymus. 

Tom pruned the whole juniper hedge along the driveway.

The neighbor's weeds add color to the self planted wood hyacinth and money plant, Lunaria, on top of the driveway wall. I guess you just have to appreciate what you can't control.  

 

Tom has moved his bonsai out of the garden box and onto their display shelves. The new leaves of the deciduous trees are so pretty in spring.

I guess writing about going to Costco and cleaning out rooms is pretty boring, but that's how we roll most days. I hope the plants help.