Thursday, April 25, 2019

Early to Rise!

Just another one of those mornings that I'm up and about pretty early.  It was about 4 A.M.  when my day started.  I'm getting geared up for a weekend on my own.  Jeremiah is off to a special adventure with friends to celebrate his OMG 40th birthday - really!!!!  They are taking him to Chicago and the Hotel Blake  (compliments of dad) - the rest of the trip from his friends.  He is really looking forward to getting away.  He has been working his butt off the past few weeks.

Carolyn is off to a Bruno Groening conference at some lovely place here in Denver.  I'll drop her off this afternoon - then it is three days of whatever and I'll even have the car!!!!! 

Our Monday golf league played a 2 person scramble yesterday at Springhill.  My partner and I took first place in our flight!  Our fellow golfers took 2nd place in in their flight - a pretty good day I would say!  I'm hitting my driver pretty well, putting pretty good, but need a lot of work with distance on my wedges.  I'm hitting the ball further than I expect to - so rolling off the big of the greens a lot right now.  I'll get it figured out!

Just a few more weeks of bowling - one or two Monday nights and one or two Thursday nights.  I'm not sure if I'll be bowling in a summer league as we will be doing a bit of traveling this year.

I'll probably spend the next few hours catching up on some projects with address books, birthdays, and anniversaries -- it all keeps me busy.  Good news is the spring yard work is almost done.  I've been working on the sprinkler system the past week - a few minor problems, but I think I've got them fixed - most of the problems were in the drip lines - and one problem in the back flow valve.  Home Depot had a new "bonnet" that is so much better than FEBCO's original poppet valve.  It installed like a breeze and will winter much better than the original.  (I think the problem I had this year was the factory assembly of the valve I put in a couple of years ago - the poppet was screwed in totally off thread. 

I couldn't resist adding a picture -  planted this little gem next to the KOI pond!  It'll provide some needed shade in a few years.

Well folks, I have a lot to do today, many moments to enjoy!  Enjoy your day and the rest of your week and life!!!!!

Friday, April 12, 2019

Weather Wise

It has been a very adventurous past few days "weather wise".  Temperatures have ranged from 15 - to 75 degrees.  Got the yard all cleaned up, areated, fertilized... ready for yesterday's snow storm- most of which will be melted away by the end of the day.

We are adding - I should say Carolyn is adding - a new fairy garden  One of the two box gardens will be dedicated to fairies (not gnomes) this year.  The height of the gardens will make it easier to give the garden the attention it needs.

Right now I'm deciding what to plant in the other 4 X 4 - micro greens for sure, and probably zucchini and radishes, maybe some dino-kale!

Wrapping up taxes today - the 15th is just around the corner.  Bowling season in one league is all wrapped up, two more leagues to go.  Golf season has started.  I'm going to play my first round of the year on Monday - weather permitting!  I guess that takes this diatribe full circle - enjoy your moments and be well!