Early Friday evening, hanging out in our adirondack chairs, sipping wine. Actually, we did more than sip and got ourselves extremely giggly. We love to relax in the yard. The roses are in front of us and usually the sky reflects the rosy color of a beautiful sunset. This is my official happy place.
Saturday had us up just a little earlier than usual for the Walk for Autism Speaks. A great day for a walk and a great day to reconnect with so many of Amanda's Pandas. It is truly an inspiring event. I did a bit of shopping before heading home to do the yard. Mark had a meeting in Princeton and once he was home it was out to pick up paint, plants and food. Finally finished the food shopping around 9:15. On the way home a quick stop for soft serve. Yum!
Today there were the usual Sunday chores, changing the sheets and doing laundry, but we also accomplished a great deal of yard work!
Last weekend we had picked up some bushes and larger plants to add to the landscaping in the yard, this weekend they needed to be planted. Mark worked on the area just outside the dining room window, next to the patio. We added a white hydrangea and two purple salvia. There were a ton of grass roots left under the fabric from when I had weeded so a good part of the time poor Mark was just dealing with them. We're thinking that something else in the way of plants needs to be added, but we are just going to wait a couple of weeks and see what we move from around the yard.
Planting the annuals, trimming the butterfly bush and tying up the rest of the rose bush trimmings for pickup tomorrow, that was my job. I also, finally, washed the chairs for the patio set. Perhaps dinner on the patio is in our future. Next week I need to get out there again to do a good cleaning job on the table and the umbrella. The adirondack chairs in the back could also use a good cleaning!
Today we also welcomed the first bloom on our new peony plant. I just love it. We picked up this pale pink peony as well as a deep pink one to plant in the area that was home to one of our butterfly bushes. I trimmed the bush all the way back and Mark needs to dig it out before we can plant the peonies. That should happen one night this week! I can't wait.
There are still many more chores that can be accomplished outside, but we are making good progress and we are just loving the opportunity to work together in the yard again.
The weekend is nearly over. There are lesson plans to finish and papers to grade.
So thankful we were able to accomplish so much this weekend and still have time to play. Feeling particularly blessed this Sunday evening.
