A different Easter

This year Easter fell the day after the end of the spring cattle show in Syracuse so Flip's family were tired out from that. Then Betty went to Prague so obviously would not be coming for dinner. When Easter is early and there is still snow on the ground it is not so bad to spend the week before cooking and cleaning, but now I am so ready to be outside that just cooking a daily meal and keeping the dishes somewhat done up is more time than I want to spend indoors, never mind a holiday meal. So, we decided not to do the big Easter this year. Polly and Mike went to the store and got fish which Mike cooked on the bbq grill, we baked some potatoes and had some stuffed clams for an appetizer. All the cooking I had to do was to throw the potatoes in the oven. I found it to be the most relaxing holiday that I can ever remember. I took a long nap in the afternoon, Mike and I brought up more manure for another section of the flowerbed and Mike worked it in. It was so cold and windy outside that that was enough for the day, so I puttered around cleaning up the house for the rest of the day.

Yesterday and today I have been planting. I hope that it comes out looking good, but if it doesn't I will blame Betty for being out of the country when I needed to consult with her on it. hehehe The section I did today has iris, gladiolius, roses, lily of the valley, and pansys at the moment. There will be more annuals for sure, and maybe some more perrenials, and spring bulbs.

I was being good and alternating working cleaning up the lawn with working on the flower beds until I got to be able to plant. Now, planting is so much more fun than raking up more sticks and dead leaves. Tomorrow, I do have to get back to the raking part though.

I have found that I probably will not be able to do pictures on here for another few weeks. Polly needs to repair her computer first, as they tell me this one will not work to do so, and that will not happen until after she goes to visit Jessie. So, it will be the middle of May before I am able to do pictures.