Spring has sprung and other stuff

Haven't been too motivated to update my blog lately. Been too busy at work and then by the time I get home, I have enough energy to exercise, eat dinner, watch a bit of tv or read a bit of my countless books and magazines I have on hand and then hit the sack.

I think a bit of a black cloud has been following me around lately. Two weeks ago I had the emergency bloody nose which has resulted in me having to schedule some corrective surgery for next month and then last night when I was returning home from the gym on my bicycle, I had a spill. :(

I was make a turn, took it too sharp, hit the curb and down I went. My left elbow, arm and wrist took the brunt of the fall, my left leg has bruises from calf to thigh and I'm generally sore all over. Thank goodness I didn't break anything, but today I was so sore that I had to take a leftover pain pill. I'm glad I was working from home.

On to happier more positive things....

My spring flowers and bushes are in full bloom and I love looking out my windows to see this -


Lilacs - my favorite floral scent and I have two bushes on each side of the deck staircase, so when they are in bloom and we're hanging out on the deck, the smell is heavenly



Tulips - my favorite bulb flower hands down. I try and plant some each fall. I'm especially fond of pinks, white, rose and purple colors





Grape Hyacinth - such a sweet flower and they look great among the tulips


More tulips at the side of the gardening shed


Flowering Almond - my absolute favorite flowering shrub. It was also my mother's favorite. I will always have one of these in my yard


Flowering Almond blooms - they are incredibly beautiful


The weather has been so nice that I even got motivated to get some early vegetable seeds planted. I planted four kinds of lettuce; Romaine, Arugula, Butter Crunch and Spinach and three rows of red radishes and three rows of white icicle radishes.






Here's a view of the gardening shed we built last spring. I still love it and when Fred bought me the new chaise lounge for the deck, the wooden garden bench that was my mom's was moved from the deck to next to the shed. I think it looks good there.



Thanks for letting me share and have a good rest of the week!