Saturdays are for yardwork

Call me crazy but I actually like doing yardwork.  I was super excited when the weather forecast was calling for a dry sunny Saturday.  Well, the sun just decided to come out...around 5 pm, but it was dry this morning and afternoon so I have nothing to complain about.

The first time back in the yard after a long winter of shoveling is the best!  Yes, it is all clean up and pick up of garbage that somehow was left behind, but it is the start of a nice spring/summer/fall of time in the yard.  Today I was able to pull some weeds, rake some leaves, and clean up a bit around the little tree stump I am left with.

I have daylillies coming up and the grass in the backyard is green (too bad I cannot say the same for the front).  The gardens have all been raked and turned over and are ready for planting.  I have three small vegetable gardens and one large garden that sits in the back corner of the yard.  Last summer it was used as a veggie garden, but I am currently working on some ideas to create a beautiful perennial flower garden.  The beds in the front have yet to be touched.  They really could just be left alone, but that's no fun at all.  I love changing things up and moving things around to make things look even better.  I am most definitely a green thumb wanna be, so I am still working on making things actually look like they belong together.

Now I am off to what I know will be a delicious dinner at a lovely little place.  You will hear all about it tomorrow!

One more thing, all of my hard work today was not done alone and would not have been possible without one wonderful boy, and one crazy little dog.

An Orchid Afternoon

Let me just start by saying that I absolutely love flowers.  Not the kind that you just go to a store and can pick out a bouquet.  Flowers that live for a week in a vase are not the kinds of flowers I enjoy.  I love a garden full of beautiful flowers and cannot wait for spring to get here so I am able to get outside and plant some myself.

Since spring in Cleveland does not arrive until the end of May, I decided to take my first trip to Orchid Mania, which was being put on at The Cleveland Botanical Gardens.  Not only were the everyday flowers and plants that were there beautiful, but the orchids were amazing.  I never knew just how many different types and colors of orchids there were.  I highly suggest visiting if you can before this Sunday when the show is over.

If not, you can definitely join me there next year because I will absolutely be going back.