There is NO WIND!!!! when we woke today. Praise the Lord. How different it makes a day without it. We had planned a skeet shooting day together with Cole’s but had postponed for a 2nd time with the wind but maybe it would work. After our usual start I lifted my planters onto the furniture dolly and cart and moved outside What do I have to lose - the cannas are not sprouting and the seedlings are dampening off. I also moved out the 2 mandevilla planters. Let’s see how they enjoy today. Shower and get ready for the beautiful day ahead.
We headed to town around 11 with Harley in her back seat to drop off the BP monitor and S put the lights in the mail. Next was recyclables sorted the to HH to have paint shaken. All the paint was good to go which is fantastic news. Next we circled thru Can Tire and grabbed 2 soaker hoses and a cute wooden childs kitchen we bought for Renn for Xmas. Speaking of Renn, she is feeling better today. Here is your cuteness fix.
A stop at the cat sanctuary had no trap so I emailed her and we picked up Cooper next. Opa was picked up for lunch on our way to the cat lady over in west view to grab the trap from her car. Back to the ranch to eat our wraps. Our Good Food box was waiting at the yard gate- yay supper for 4 meals!
After I hauled the paint to the garage, and brought in the play kitchen, I donned my garden gloves and went to plant seeds. Be damned if the wind is now blowing yet again. Not hurricane but definitely blowing. I planted zinnia, cosmos, purple lupin, purple columbine, anchusa, nasturtium, calendula, morning glory, and ??? In the flower raised bed and 2 planters. I also planted 8 potato plants - 2 red in raised bed and 2 each of red, white and fingerling. S hooked up the hose and timer so I could water my front raised beds, thanks!
S jumped in the skid steer and started grading the yard trying to get the low spots level and smoothing the trenches he made for water run off. He also smoothed the gate area B turned around in when gooey. It looks so nice when smoothed. I move the truck so he could grade his parking spot too. I held the junipers up while he raked out the gravel before circling the island and leveling. Quack grass was pulling in the island and around raised beds but lots to go. Why cant veggies and fruit plants be as hardy as quack grass and dandelions!!??
We stopped for a hydration break then on to the shop area. I moved the pipe and such from the storage area for S to level it out too. I raked the edges he cut that went over on the grass. Things are looking very tidy. It was time to feed dogs supper and come in to prep our supper. The first meal from the box I made was shrimp and roasted chayote taco bowls. Have you heard of chayote? It was the most delicious unique dish we have had in awhile and a real learning lesson on the chayote squash.
Of course hockey is on but I did trim S’s back on the BBQQ deck when he took a break from watching. B was out before 8 to feed. We were just getting in the hot tub. She did not lunge her chubby horse but tried the grazing muzzle again. Again Roo stood sulking so even after trying to show her how to eat with it she took off and headed home with Cooper. It was the usual 3 hockey game watching for S from island, big brown then bed with me watching Netflix in bed after blogging.
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