Category: The Seasons

Today I will have Hubby set me up at a table with a spade, my seeds, and the cups for planting the seeds.

Yes, today will be seed starting day!

I am determined to get these seeds started now, so that around June the first I can plant the plants in the garden.

This year I got disease resistant seeds for the zucchini and summer squash and cucumbers. The last couple of years I have had a little problem with powdery mildew and then leaf curl.

I’ll be buying my tomato plants and my eggplant plants. Now doesn’t that sound funny?

I was peaking outside today and noticed that the lilacs and forsythia are starting to open their buds.

The next week we will have temperatures in the 60’s, so I am thinking that the shrubs will start to really blossom out!

Oh, I just love spring in New England!

Friday found spring coming to New Hampshire. Temperatures soared into the 70’s and the sun shined down upon us!

Hubby has gotten the garden fertilized and also plowed the soil. I decided that despite the surgery I will still plant a garden! We will pick up our starter soil either today or tomorrow.

Once I am home from the hospital I will have Hubby set me up with a table, chairs, the soil, planters and seeds and I will get my plants going. As long as I have the plants going by the end of the month I’ll be okay.

So I went to bed last night and shortly after I did the rain began to fall and we had our first thunder storm. I lay there listening to the rain, thinking how nice it sounded after a winter of snow.

When I got up on Saturday morning, I looked outside and our previously winter brown grass had turned green! Yes, spring is here!

After watching nearly nonstop TV coverage of the terrorism suspects, on Saturday I used streaming TV to watch Anthony Bourdain’s “No Reservations” and “Love it or List It”. I simply need to get away from all the distressing news.

So, life is settling in to it’s usual pattern, and Hubby and I are enjoying the first hours of spring.

OK. I am ready for spring. I sat here, all day on Wednesday and Wednesday night, watching the snow fall. Worst of all, it is supposed to snow well into Thursday night!

Now I leave early on Friday morning to go to my sister’s home. I do not like to drive in snowy weather, and since this trip Hubby is staying home with the dogs, I will be forced to drive myself!

If this was an ordinary visit, I’d probably put it off, but this is the weekend of my niece’s bridal shower, so I cannot miss it!

It’s funny, not even the dogs want to be outside! And even Hubby has stayed inside, away from all that wet horrible white stuff!

I spent the day cleaning up my Facebook page and locking it down. I suddenly found my page full of junk and once I had switched passwords, I went through and deleted things, and made it slightly harder for people to “see me”.

So please everyone. Keep your fingers crossed that Friday will be nice enough for my little trip!

Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!

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Sunday morning found us waking to this!

It’s not that we minded the beauty of the snow, but both Hubby and I are sort of over the magic of the snow this year!

Looking out into the back yard we were amazed at the depth as well as the sheer awesomeness of the clinging snow!

The dackels loved going out and running through the snow. Anneliese especially! She just runs and jumps and plays! It made me laugh, which was nice!

Fritz was out and about patrolling the yard! He will stay with me, but gives Hubby and the snow blower a wide berth.

This is one of our peach trees that is just covered with the thick, heavy, snow!

Can you see the heart snow flake? That’s my neighbor’s home.

And last but not least, Hubby and his snow blower!

And it is still snowing!!!

You know, I love my new parka. You remember, the one I got a couple of weeks back? We have had nothing but freezing temperatures, and winds that gust to 50+ miles an hour, and when I need to go out and walk the dogs, that parka is the only thing standing between me and becoming a giant icicle!

It’s a down parka you know. With a down filled hood, which keeps the wind from my sensitive ears!

For the first time in many, many, years I have not been getting cold when I am outside, and that is a miracle!

Sunday night when I went to bed, I lay there listening to the wind roaring outside. I hoped when I woke on Monday morning the wind would have died down, but that was not the case. We have at least one more day of it before the wind stops, and we get more SNOW!

I cannot complain about snow up here. Frankly, my sister who lives well south of me, has gotten so much more snow than I have. However, I am over snow this year and would really like an early spring.

How about you?

We woke to blustery winds and heavy snow on Saturday. The snow was already well past a foot deep, so that when I opened the door for the dackels to go outside they all glared at me, and turned around and hid in their beds.

You cannot see the other side of our lake in these pictures. Usually we have a good view, but during a blizzard, it’s pretty tough.

This is out our front door looking down on the lake. See that little house on the lake? That’s a “Bob” House, where fishermen set up to ice fish.

Fritz is an incredible help to his Dad when he is blowing snow! You almost cannot see him!

Here is Hubby, working so hard to clear all the snow! He spent hours on Saturday clearing the driveway and steps.

I wonder how long all this snow will last. I hear by midweek we will have warmer temperatures.

So, are you ready? I watched the news and then the weather channel, and then looked at the National Weather Service, and they all say we will be getting 18-24 inches of snow over the next 24-36 hours.

I’m ready. I filled the cars with gas. I shopped for food. I got my roots done. Oh wait, when you know you might be snowed in for a week, don’t you run out and get your roots done? No? Well, it’s in the top 5 of things to do before the snow flies!

Hubby and I also cleaned the carpet in our bedroom with the new super dooper, carpet cleaner that we purchased yesterday! Wow! It did a good job, and now my bedroom smells wonderful!

So, blizzard, bring it on. I have plenty of DVD’s to watch, and meals planned that do not require long cooking times in the oven.

Well, to all my New England readers, keep me posted on your snowfall. In turn, I shall keep you posted on ours!

Happy Friday!!!

The fog finally burned away and the sun came out and we had temperatures that rose up into the 50’s (f)! After lunch I sent Hubby out to do some doggy duty in the yard, as the melting snow revealed a mound of poop in the yard! Just think how fertilized our back yard will be this spring!

Fritz was his constant companion, watching him, and making sure that Hubby did it correctly. Ah, what a faithful dog!

While the boys were out I discovered a new show (or new to me) ‘Love it or List It’. Have you seen that show? These two people come in, a Real Estate Agent and a Renovator, and they each have a job to do. The Renovator tries to remake the house into their dream home, while the Realtor tries to find them a better home. Fascinating show, and I did not agree with any of the outcomes!

I need to actually do my hair and make up each day, so as not to scare the customers! Today I tried out a simple pony tail, and I was shocked that my hair was long enough to do this! And it didn’t look half bad! (I think!)

Tomorrow I go shopping for food. Since I’m working this week, I need to actually plan the meals, and by that I mean, plan easy meals. Easy to throw together and easy to clean up. I also need to plan my lunches to take with me. My work literally takes me out away from any fast food, or easily obtainable salads. So bring lunch, I must!

Hubby will simply have to manage on his own for a few days. I’m thinking he will more than likely hit Subway or McDonalds!

Have a great Tuesday Everyone!

Saturday dawned bright, and COLD! It was the day of the local Craft Fair, and my cousin Janet and her boyfriend, Dave, and his grandson, Ralphie came up to go with me. It was really big this year and had many exhibitors. I just love walking around, even though I didn’t buy a thing!

We even saw an enormous Great Dane! As you can see he made four year old Ralphie look extremely small!

This dog, was such a sweetie pie. So good with every person that he came in contact with. Ah, but then, Great Danes really are just big babies! I had one many years ago, and she was such a sweet dog. Smart as a whip and gentle. Yes, truly a gentle giant!

While Janet, Dave & Ralphie took a train ride to see all the pretty colorful leaves, I stayed at home and cooked a Sauerbraten for our dinner. Everyone came back and had the roast, as well as an apple crisp I’d tossed together.

Now I am exhausted and in need of sleep. So, off I will go, to get my beauty rest!