OK, I have to admit I'm having trouble adjusting my inner clock. I'm so used to closing a retail store and getting home about 10:30 or so at night, that it's a bit abby-normal for me to be getting up in time to milk goats. Seriously. (I hear you laughing up there...)
So I woke up this morning about the time Sis was headed out to milk, leaving me to decide what to start on first on the inside of the house. You see, the realtors are just two days away from visiting to take pictures of the house so it can be listed - which means there's a lot of stuff to catch up on. For those of you who have not heard me lament, this house is what we fondly call the Pink Elephant. Every corner of it was pink when my Sis and her family moved in (either pink or had floral wallpaper) and it's HUGE. My decision? The family room - which is where all of the dishes that should be in the dishwasher manage to find a home - so it had some things that required attention. A few hours later, about the time I was applying Olde English polish by hand to the hardwood floor, I realized I really did have some of my Mom in me. So I followed that up by shrieking wildly at any dog that dared step foot onto that floor before the oil was all absorbed. With as many dogs as we have I was beginning to sound like a carnival barker which was annoying even to me, so I went outside.
Snapped a few pictures of the back yard, and then decided to finish mowing. I mean, what the hell? The wind is only strong enough to chase swallows indoors, why not mow a huge yard for the first time in the spring? Yeah, I ended up with so much grass on me I coulda been a yard ornament.
As for the pictures, here's the back yard, as handled by Sis. Mind you, it's only a portion of what she's accomplished, and it's still early Spring. The massive Baby's Breath and yellow Ox-Eye Daisy that grow around that bench will be spectacular later, along with the Bee Balm and other stuff. We won't even mention all the different Cone Flowers she has around the fountain there to the left. (The flowering tree nearly directly ahead is a dwarf peach. Yep, it has peaches each year.)
And here's the part of the back yard I'm gonna tackle within the next week. Won't make it for the realtor's pics, but it should end up being a nice veggie/herb garden nonetheless. I'm taking suggestions for what to grow on the lady figure in the back. Or at least something that will look good until she's moved to the new place.
So I woke up this morning about the time Sis was headed out to milk, leaving me to decide what to start on first on the inside of the house. You see, the realtors are just two days away from visiting to take pictures of the house so it can be listed - which means there's a lot of stuff to catch up on. For those of you who have not heard me lament, this house is what we fondly call the Pink Elephant. Every corner of it was pink when my Sis and her family moved in (either pink or had floral wallpaper) and it's HUGE. My decision? The family room - which is where all of the dishes that should be in the dishwasher manage to find a home - so it had some things that required attention. A few hours later, about the time I was applying Olde English polish by hand to the hardwood floor, I realized I really did have some of my Mom in me. So I followed that up by shrieking wildly at any dog that dared step foot onto that floor before the oil was all absorbed. With as many dogs as we have I was beginning to sound like a carnival barker which was annoying even to me, so I went outside.
Snapped a few pictures of the back yard, and then decided to finish mowing. I mean, what the hell? The wind is only strong enough to chase swallows indoors, why not mow a huge yard for the first time in the spring? Yeah, I ended up with so much grass on me I coulda been a yard ornament.
As for the pictures, here's the back yard, as handled by Sis. Mind you, it's only a portion of what she's accomplished, and it's still early Spring. The massive Baby's Breath and yellow Ox-Eye Daisy that grow around that bench will be spectacular later, along with the Bee Balm and other stuff. We won't even mention all the different Cone Flowers she has around the fountain there to the left. (The flowering tree nearly directly ahead is a dwarf peach. Yep, it has peaches each year.)
And here's the part of the back yard I'm gonna tackle within the next week. Won't make it for the realtor's pics, but it should end up being a nice veggie/herb garden nonetheless. I'm taking suggestions for what to grow on the lady figure in the back. Or at least something that will look good until she's moved to the new place.
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