Ok, this has to be one of the oddest chess sets I’ve ever seen!
Hmmm, when employees have enough time to set up a chess game that’s played with forklifts and skids you know they don’t have enough work to do … or else they’re about to be laid off!
Either way, this just goes to show that they have a great sense of humor and imagination!
It’s hard to believe how much a garden can change in just two or three weeks.
At the beginning of April my raised garden beds had plenty of bare patches … oh sure, you could see the bare roses, the Rose of Sharon tree, boxwoods and a few other plants that had withstood the winter cold and snow … but the perennials and bulbs planted deep in the soil had yet to show signs of life.
Now, near the end of April those bare patches are full of green leaves and or flowers like these lovely Glories of the snow …
Here’s another photo of White Glories of the Snow that came up in a very sunny patch of my garden .. as you can see they are just about finished blooming or well, they’re a little scraggly, maybe because the ground seems to be very dry this year despite the occasional rain:
How is your garden or yard doing this Spring … any nice changes?
Don’t you just love Spring? The grass is starting to turn green, trees and bushes are starting to get new leaves and even some flowers are blooming! What a great time of year!
We had some rain and cooler weather earlier in the week, but right now it’s 19 C (66 F) outside and tomorrow it’s supposed to reach 26 C (79 F) or perhaps even higher. Now that’s spring weather that I can get in to!
Last Saturday was nice too … before all the rain started on Sunday and onward. We did some gardening and yard work that day and Chris put our glass and metal patio table together.
Our neighbors kids seem to love our yard and our patio table. They ended up coming over to play with our dog, sit at the high patio chairs and even helped me with some of the garden bed tidying that I was doing. I have a feeling that every time I go out in the yard when they are home they are going to end up in our backyard. The older girl hung out with us for hours last Saturday and even wanted to come inside with us when we were done working outside. I think I’ve been “adopted”! LOL
Tomorrow, once the yard work is done we’ll probably pull out our Muskoka chairs and put them on the lawn. I’ve got to find the outdoor cushions that we use on them … they certainly make the chairs comfy!
We also have a lot (A LOT) of solar lights that we use in the front and back garden beds. We pull them out of the ground each fall so that they don’t get damaged by the cold, snow and ice and store them in our enclosed back porch. I think it’s about time we haul them out and set them up in the garden again. They look so pretty at night when they light up the garden beds and some of the plants.
What are your plans for the weekend? Are you expecting nice Spring weather too?
Sorry I haven’t written for a while. I’ve just been feeling awful lately. I actually had a reaction to a new medication I was trying, Sulfasalazine, two weeks ago, and it made me feel so bad that up until a few days ago I was basically just laying around trying to get through each day. It’s awful when you medications that you’re taking to feel better make you feel 10 times worse!
I think that after all I’ve been through this year alone it might be time to try to take a holiday … well if my body will co-operate and let me feel good enough to go away for a few days. I’d love to go to Vegas for the weekend, maybe our long weekend in May … hmmm, that sounds good! One of our friends recently went to Vegas and stayed at the Stratosphere hotel. She really enjoyed the place so maybe I’ll see if they have any deals coming up.
Don’t get me wrong … I’m glad spring is here, but after being so sick for the last two weeks I could use a break from home. I’m sick of looking at my house. I need to get out.
Do you need a vacation or short get away too?
Relief … do you remember last week when I told you that my Brother in law might come to visit us here in Toronto from Chicago? We just found out that he’s not coming. Short notice, but personally I’m relieved.
I wasn’t looking forward to a houseful of guests over Easter weekend .. especially when we’re still trying to clear out our basement for the oil tank replacement next Monday.
He changed his mind because he couldn’t get the great airfare deal that he thought he was going to get. So instead he’s going to take his family to one of those Pigeon Forge hotels in TN for a family vacation over Easter weekend. I think his wife has relatives in TN.
So now … other than going to the in-laws for Easter dinner on Sunday Chris and I and our dog Midnight will have a little staycation at home. I doubt that we’ll do anything interesting, but I know that Midnight will have fun whatever we do … she always has a good time as long as she’s with us.
Here she is playing in the yard and chewing on her leash …
When we try to get her to come to us while we’re outside she always runs away, making a game of it. I think she was about to run when I snapped this shot.
What are you doing over Easter weekend? Spending time with family?