Inside and Outside

 

Inside the Amaryllis Tom wintered over has bloomed this week and is now fading. Inside is where we rest after spending hours outside working.

Outside we showed off our garden to a friend and her friend this Saturday morning after spending most of our waking hours working this week. Things are looking pretty spiffy today, but the list of what's next continues to grow, and gardeners know that what's done gets undone and a garden is a job forever. 

Our first rose bloomed. More are on the way. 

Foxglove scattered here and there are opening their "mittens".

Columbine plant themselves here, there, and everywhere. 

The patio is set up for outdoor living and we do occasionally sit down there. Yesterday I spent an hour reading here under the umbrella, as it was quite warm. It was lovely.

The rocking chairs went out yesterday but we haven't landed in them yet. 

This moto holds true, and chocolate in frequently consumed.

Tom spent several days cleaning up the raised beds and now they are planted mostly in flowers since we don't have enough sun heat now to have much of a vegetable crop. I clipped all of the ivy. 

I do land here when I need a break, which is often.

This afternoon we visited two Open Gardens as members of the Northwest Perennial Alliance. Then we rested a bit before it was time for me to fix some food for supper. Hamburgers are easy.

Now Tom is back outside to finish another job. I'm finally getting to my blog to post. Then I'll get back to my book. It's a who done it, set in a boarding school in New England, "I Have Some Questions For You", I am down to the last 10%, and we still aren't sure who did it. 

When we're both settled in for the evening we are finally getting to Sally Field's new Netflix movie, "Remarkably Bright Creatures". I read the book last year and loved it.

Tomorrow (probably today when you read this) is Memorial Day and I may not do any work. I'll check in on the Indy 500, because I always have. I'll get that book finished and select a new one. I'll rest!