yummy.... I love garden fresh tomatoes. That's actually what got me started with gardening in the first place. Today, we have mud. All the snow from last week is melting away at an amazing rate. We've got 60s temps today (not normally that high yet). It's too early to start on my garden beds, but I have a dog so I will be cleaning up the yard today. At least it gets me outside. Have fun cleaning your garden beds. I always enjoy it. Everything is so full of promise at the beginning of Spring. I would definitely prefer to clean out the beds than clean up after the dog.

I think that is just neat! Makes me want to try something daring...I have always like the cool colors my daughters wear, but thought I might be too old. Not anymore...thanks for posting. I hope more of us seniors wear those pretty colors!

I will take pics...Been sick for a few days... I am beginning to think that for some of us growing 'roses' is an ALL season project..Not only do I have to protect them but I also have to watch out they don't desiccate in the winter too..If the snow should not fall and the bare ground is exposed to sub 0 temps or higher with whipping winds, the ground can go bone dry even in winter..So here I am watering all my roses deeply on the first given warm day above 40.....I know that many die just to a lack of moisture in the dead of winter... Thanks for the encouragement.. It does fell like I want to garden out there too since my temp is a balmy 60 degrees right now! Back to the low 20's by day and single digits by Saturday night with a bare ground again..My bulbs are starting to pop up...lol

I made a beaded mobile today, my second attempt for our backyard. It isn’t my normal style … I like a more organic, earthy style with painted wood beads, warm metals, and such, but they didn’t survive the brutal Texas sun last summer. Hopefully this one will. I like the colors with the Vitex. I made this one for my SIL, it’s not in the sun at their house: