Love Those Easter Egg Colors!

I was supposed to wait until my backyard was no longer a giant mud puddle before I ventured outdoors. This is the time of the year when my RainGarden is very functional but not so pretty. However, I just could not wait any longer to get outside, especially after being cooped up all winter long, And I would not be deterred, even with that swamp thing going on after all the snow and rain.


I had this yummy 9 grain bread that I wanted to share with my feathered friends or maybe leave as a snack for a hungry deer. This was all against my better judgement of course, because sometimes one attracts the wrong critters with one's invitation to dinner. I tell a really funny story about me going after a rat snake with a shovel. Very glad I lived to talk about it. Seriously. Not so funny at the time.


Anyways, I also wanted to get outside to begin my fitzer repairs. I know, a funny name for a shrub. They are supposed to be hardy but here's a helpful hint for you from my professional landscaping friends. Save all those old nylon stockings. You know, the ones that you wear only once before they get a runner. They are amazingly strong when wrapped around tree trunks to support those broken limbs. They are soft and durable without causing further injury. I guess its the same principle as a sling.


I throw all my old stockings in baggies that have those amazing zipper lock inventions. Then I label it: "Will never wear again...colors too pretty to throw away. " So, lemon yellow, hunter green, cobalt blue, and lime green stockings have all now dressed up my landscaping. LOL. And just in time because everyone deserves a new Easter Sunday outfit.



And a HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY to you!

"The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us."
― Ashley Montagu