Oh What a Day
Oh what a beautiful day!
I was up a bit before six this morning and was ready for what the day brought. Now that we have chairs out on the patios, I took a cup of coffee and headed to the east one. Each day I marvel that there are still some Hosta just making their appearance.
I checked out the two Rainbow’s End Alberta Spruce that we purchased at Drummer’s Nursery last year in Mankato. The tips are loaded with new buds. I had hung onto the sales receipt as Drummer’s would have replaced them had they not made it into the 2022 growing season. There is an envelope I can throw out. Dennis had watered them last year consistently with fertilizer. The end of the potting shed looked naked. With one last swallow of coffee, I began making one trip at a time for some garden art to put out onto the lava rocks.
The north side of the potting shed had been the Koi pond for decades. The fall of 2000, the Koi were taken to Renville County to my brother’s as Mike and Jo had a pond and our Koi would join theirs’s for that winter. We found out in the spring of 2021, all of our Koi had made it just fine.
By the time came at 9:30 this morning, I was ready to pack it in with the potting shed’s north side tricked out. It had taken me many trips to bring items out of the potting shed . . . one at a time. I did bring out a fresh cup of coffee and took a break. After I had taken the photo, I realized that with the end of a rake, I could have nudged the welcome sign in the peak of the shed a bit to straighten it out. That may get done tomorrow.
Dennis was busy in the garages. We can’t figure out what the patio porch kitties had gotten into. There were greasy foot prints all over the floors and they went around both vehicles. They were greasy enough that cat hair and dust stuck to their foot prints. We could find nothing that was tipped over or broken. Not to get the grease tracked into the vehicles, Dennis set about cleaning the cement floors. He had won a spray container of cleaner for tires. That spray went onto the foot prints. Dennis let that set awhile and he then followed up with hot sudsy water and a stiff brush. It was a good thing the brush had a good length of a handle as his back got a good workout. Rinsing the floors with clear water and the floors air dried. The floors are clean and clear of tell tale foot prints. Leave it to the patio porch kitties.
Oh what a day we have had. Today all we have left is showers and getting fresh dressings on Dennis’ left foot. He has been getting several hours each day with the arterial pump on the left leg. We both have good feelings about the surgery on his left foot later this week. Positive affirmations with lots of prayers.