WEEKEND AMUSEMENT

Meet my rose garden

My yard, (front, back and side) is so torn up and has been for so long I just HAVE to have a little corner to improve.  This is it!  These windows will be replaced.  It will have a center birdbath, a few pots of lavender, some statuary and as many roses and I can plunk in here.  Maybe by this weekend..today is supposed to be in the mid-70's and by my own rule

I never plant until the barn swallows arrive which is almost always without fail

the third week of April

but I just might take the risk because I am about to go crazy

Around the corner is another project not quite so much fun as planting roses

You might not understand the frustration of living in a small rural

did you get RURAL

community!

We are many (100) miles away from supplies.  We try to buy local and for the most part we really do a good job of that.  But there are no extraordinary light fixtures here, no wonderful faucets that you turn on by tapping your muddy wrist to it, no carpet...paint?  Behr.

Ha...as if we were ready for that!

In fact...we have been planning the reno of this efficiency apartment into master suite since 

LAST NOVEMBER

Remember my "deadline trick"?

I tell the contractor...

"I have a wedding in June can you be done by then?"

He to me: "I think we can"

Whatever...it is after...AFTER April 1 and

he has not even started.  We are waiting on concrete!  Let's begin with the foundation but

LET'S BEGIN!  PLEASE!

Hubs has almost taken apart the whole thing single hand-idly...something I highly doubt he intended to have enough time to do..poor blistered soul.

My oldest peep says "why in the world do you not get someone else?"

Me to her: "because he keeps telling me he's going to start next week and I believe him"

Guess the trick is on me!

But today...really today he is going to begin.  I think I even hear some commotion outside my window.  No wait...it's the trash truck.

The funny part about this is that contractor and demolisher (hubs) are on an official board together (so as a matter of fact is sprinkler installer)...yes when you are rural you are professional in more than three one category (hubs wears a suit most of the time) so you don't just "go get someone else"...folks don't like that..but you would think contractor would also want to please...

okay..I'm whining now...

enough of that...I'm getting roses today...and local means they might all be one variety!

I'm feeling pink roses will be very lovely.