Garden Party

The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters.
May Sarton

Today was such a beautiful day that we decided to take advantage of it and spend the day tooling about in the garden. Actually, I think if we had waited another day, the neighbors would have been up in arms! As it was, we were knee-deep in grass. Between all the rain and a broken lawnmower, it had been quite some time since we last worked on the lawn and the garden. Found quite a few things too...a couple of Baxter's dog toys, my ski poles (???), and a very faded basketball. Still bounces though! We also discovered that we actually have a very pretty garden. Once I pulled up the majority of the weeds, you could see all the pinks, purples, and golds of the various flowers the way they SHOULD be, not peeking out among foot tall dandelions and the like!