Rain, glorious rain!

 We had two waves of storms this past week that brought a total of about 3 inches of desperately needed rain! 

Unfortunately, some areas were hit by severe weather, with damaging winds, but our area was spared.

Now that it has rained, we will need to start mowing pretty soon.  I mowed part of the back yard once in March, when the part closest to the house was deep in weeds that were finished flowering, despite the drought.

But soon, the grass will come out of dormancy.  Trees are already greening up, including our willow, which is a relief.

The front flower bed needs to be cleaned out, and the front yard raked.  It's FULL of sweet gum pods from the tree next door.

All of the high winds we've had over the winter, as well as recently, have brought down a never before seen abundance of those pods, and I hate them!!  They're hard as rock, and round, and will turn your ankle if you step on one wrong.

Anyway, these recent weather fronts seem to have brought a change that will last a little while, and we should return to SPRING for at least a week.

Dave got the little bamboo bushes cut down in the spot where I want my cedar gardening boxes to go, so that step is done.  Just need to get some pavers put down for them to set on (the legs that raise them up off of the ground are not capped with metal), put them in place, and fill them with soil!

Dave had his first appointment with his new talk therapist on Friday.  Hope it will be a better fit than the last one, when he gave up due to no progress at all.

Other than that, neither of us had any appointments last week, which was nice.  

We got out to walk a few mornings, despite the wind, and I've lost another pound!  

Hoping to do so again, hopefully every day, this coming week.

If you celebrate Easter, may you enjoy your celebrations, and have a good week.