Whew! The kids are all in showers/baths, and I'm waiting, anticipating, anxiously, the moment that I get my own bath and get to BED. Or at least relax with a movie or a book. I spent the day, from sun-up to sunset, working in the yard or doing errands to work in the yard. It's a humble beginning, but it WILL get there, eventually. I wish I could just *SNAP!* snap my fingers and it would all be lovely!
We tilled the plots a few weeks ago, solarized it for a few weeks, then, today, Bo put a fence around the veggie garden. The kids and I worked all day shoveling manure and planting tomatoes, peppers, pole beans, onions, lettuce, cilantro, carrots, radishes and nasturtiums. Boy, it seems like we planted more than that! Houdin also worked on digging a hole for a small water garden (his idea) in the middle of Bard's garden. She doesn't know yet; she wasn't home for the afternoon.
We let the ducks out while we were working, and they hurried around from one place to another in a little huddle until Lewis, our dopey black lab, just couldn't help himself anymore and carried one away in his big, floppy jaws. I called him and the poor little duckling flopped up and down as Lewis came bounding toward me. Lewis was so pleased with himself for bringing me the prize, and the duckling was very glad to be in my arms instead of in Lewis's mouth.
Here's a good one for you. As I was typing this, Sweetheart called to me from the tub behind me, "Mom? Why is a butt called a 'butt'?"
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