Just a few days ago, the boy were enjoying warmer weather and practicing with the muzzle loaders down on the pond range. Adam had a friend spend a few days over spring break at the farm and they paddled the canoes and waded around the edges of the pond.
The daffodils on the pond dam path over to the barn had begun to bloom. I was anticipating taking a glorious spring picture of my walk to work to show you......
This is the best that I can do this morning.....
Of course, with all that warm weather and hints of spring last week, I got gardening fever pretty badly.
This is what my living room looks like..... I know, I KNOW!! I will never have to worry about where to hang my "Good House Keeping" award..... ALCO had these green houses on sale and I just could not resist. There is no way this cute thing can stand up to Kansas spring winds soooooo, of course it had to be set up in the house. Not only are the shelves full of flats but all those sacks on the floor have various gardening stuff in them.... you know.... seed potatoes, gladiola bulbs, blueberry bushes, asparagus..... normal stuff for the living room---- NOT!
To make matters worse, I have started yet another hobby that has spread thru the house. I decided to try my hand at grafting apple trees..... where else would you store your new rootstock???
Bath tub, of course!!
Meanwhile over at the barn........
Those of us who have endured this dreadful drought for the last two years really are reluctant to complain about moisture in any form.......
The big pond behind the house, and the pond in the upper pasture are full. The creek is actually flowing. I am hoping when this melts off, the two ponds that only catch run-off, will be more than half full. The grass is just beginning to grow and that is a darn good thing since we are down to just a very few bales of hay left.
