This was such a busy weekend I can’t believe I am still awake.

This morning we went to several stores to get more supplies. We picked up a little plastic greenhouse, so I can start marigolds on the porch, and paint chips, to decide what color we want to paint the house, at the small town hardware store. Then we headed to a garden center to get topsoil and hummus. Struck out on the hummus, but got some potting gloves and edging. Back to yesterday’s greenhouse, still no hummus, but found some gorgeous flower pots. Downtown again for a table cloth and some Crocs. I wanted brown ones to work in the garden in. My pinks ones get dirty too fast.

After spending all afternoon yesterday getting the front yard garden ready we finally got to plant today. Lord S finished straightening out the line and I planted pansies. Lots of pansies. And Alyssum. I filled 2 flower pots, a strawberry pot, 2 wooden buckets, a pair of boots and a little girl shoe. You will have to wait until tomorrow for the pictures though.

Because while I was outside planting my friends arrived to scrapbook. It was planned, but we shopped for so long this morning we didn’t have much of the afternoon to plant. We still have a lot more space to plant in the front yard garden, but it is looking better than grass. I would really like a garden like you seen in Great Britain, but I am not sure that is ever in the cards. Right now I would settle for one that doesn’t look like crap.

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Today we are planting pansies. We bought a handful at the grocery store and then went to a greenhouse/farmstand and bought a dozen more 6 packs. I don’t know where they are all going to go, but we are going to plant them today!

Yesterday we worked on the front yard. We are expanding a flower bed that was created when we cut down a ginormous pine tree. Eventually our whole front yard might be garden. That could be interesting.

We stayed last night to see the whole show. It was so not worth it. But I got a bunch of knitting done. Sometimes our company does not pick the best shows.

Today the tile man is back. He is mudding some seams and then will finish tiling shower. Hopefully he will be able to be here all day and he will finish the job. Not that it is his fault, we have been hiring him whenever he can work. T-10 days until my birthday. Will I be able to shower in there that morning?