We're back

Yep! We've just returned from our Memorial day trip. Details to follow.  :-)

Happy weekend

Good morning, and a happy Memorial Day weekend.
It's a great holiday weekend so far, and here's a couple pics.....

This is my largest of my Tree Peonies. A beautiful pale pink. The petals look sooo delicate. And as you can see, each flower is larger than my hand. Tree Peonies are very slow growing. This one has 3 flowers on it for the first time. Sadly, they last barely a week, so I took this pic to remind me how much I like them.  :-)
Hope your having a nice weekend, we are.  :-)

it's almost a holiday weekend!

Good morning.
It's been a crazy busy 2 days in the Salon. I've done as much business in 2 days as I usually do in 4.  :-)
But just a shorter day today, and then a nice l-o-n-g holiday weekend.  :-)
The weather has been great with highs in the upper 70's to low 80's. Looking to be a very nice weekend.
Our big Sycamore tree is finally leafing out, but the Japanese Maples are just sitting there. Other than that, the yard has recovered nicely from that last hard freeze. Nature tends to do that.  :-)
Now it's time to get ready for my last work day.  :-)

Wednesday post

Good morning.
Monday didn't turn out to be any where near as productive as Sunday was. I tried to do some waxing early, while Craig slept, but it was too cool and damp. The wax just wouldn't dry, So instead, I weeded. Got another four 5 gallon buckets full. They seem to appear out of nowhere.  :-)
We had drizzly rain for a good part of the day, so spent most of it inside. Did a little cleaning, but mostly playing.  :-)
Tuesday was much better. A little on the cold side with temps hovering in the 60's, but I got out and cleaned the bird baths, did some weeding, mowed the yard, and took some more pics.

Iris

Gas plant and Dianthus.

Yellow Swamp Iris, and purple Siberian Iris.

Columbine.

Don't remember the name for this one.  :-)

And the Beauty Bush starting to bloom in the upper right.
And it's going to be a crazy busy week in the Salon. We're closed Saturday for the holiday weekend, I'm already pretty much booked, so I expect to work long hours the few days I am there.
And with that, I'm off to get ready for work.

busy busy

Good morning.
Yes, yesterday turned out to be very productive.
First off, I cleaned the salon, then came home and washed the mo-ho. Then I washed the Kia. Then I waxed the roof, hood and front of Kia. Then I took a shower, woke Craig up, made coffee, and read the Sunday paper. Then I had a piece of left over pizza for breakfast.
Then I waxed the rest of Kia. Then I polished the mo-ho wheels. Then I relaxed a bit on the deck with a cocktail and another piece of left over pizza.
Then I weeded. Filled five 5 gallon buckets.
Then I took a break and had another cocktail. Then I mixed up a gallon of weed and grass killer and sprayed the gravel parking area, gravel paths and paved paths. The I trimmed back creeping phlox that had grown too far into a path.  Then I trimmed a few bushes that were getting to big.
Then,
I called it a day.
I relaxed on the deck soaking up the sun and enjoying the beauty of the yard.
Here's a pic of the poor Japanese Maple that got burnt by that last hard freeze a few weeks ago.

It's lost about 3/4 of it's leaves. I don't see any regrowth yet. Not sure if it will.
But most of the yard is doing just fine...

And now I'm off to do some waxing on the mo-ho.