To start out the weekend, I sanded and painted my new kitchen cabinet (thanks grandma) and stenciled some fuschias on it. Still needs a bit of work cleaning up the edges, the paint ran :(But now I have a 'tea drawer', and a nice dark place for my wine and potatoes.
The sun was playing out in the backyard when I woke up.
So... I joined it.
The backyard is a bit of a mess, I'm still trying to figure out what goes where. I got some seeds planted, weeded a bit... Everything's coming back to life. Last week, the little oak tree was bare. A few flowers have come up too, tulip, hyacinth, daffodils, grape hyacinth, cal. poppies, even a couple rose buds have started.
In a few months I should have a cascade of little nasties :)
Thora was very disappointed that she couldn't join me outside. I'll have to put the cat-run up soon so she can come out and play with the birdies...
The catalpa tree (seen here being fondled by the neighbors birch tree) has the most gorgeous flowers in summer/fall.
There's a whole swath of these little white flowers (possibly a pushkinia or scilla?) across the backyard. Buddha seems quite happy with them.
So now I'm a bit sore, but the yard is a little more organized. When I weeded the flowerbed, I also planted a few more things, and made a border out of the privet trees/branches I've been slowly exterminating.
