Beautiful Spring

My new barrier against mosquitos, it works!!

This year's spring weather is the best I can remember since we moved here to southern Delaware in 2006. 

Can it be that long already? Seventeen years? One thing is for sure, I won't be here another seventeen years. 

Usually our spring is about four days then hot and very humid weather here on the Delmarva peninsula. This year is an exception. The only downside is this has also been the worst year for mosquitos and ticks.

This past Sunday I had to make another visit to my local walk-in clinic. I had two infected tick bites on my left inner crotch. Lucky me huh? And as usual, the person there who removed the tick head was a young beautiful woman. What? No male nurses or doctors? I know they're there because they have served me before. However, she was very nice and provided me with a "privacy sheet" to cover up. What a relief when I had that half a tick head removed which she showed me. UGH!

I thought I was taking enough precautions but apparently not with this year's abundance of ticks and mosquitoes, apparently not.

I even ordered a pair of zip up combat boots from Amazon which I will wear out back when I'm working in my Almost One Acre oasis here in southern coastal Delaware. Those tick crawl up the inside of my pant leg and attached themselves to my legs and nether regions.

The  neighbor's house that burned up last Saturday is now just a vacant burned out shell. It is on  my morning walking route. I used to say "Hi!" to my neighbor Harvey when he was outside. He kept his property beautiful. His house was on a higher rise than most of the homes here in the development I live in. I missed seeing him during my walk today. I have no idea what he and his daughter are going to do now but thank goodness they got out without injury. 

My neighbor's house after the fire 

I have more to tell what's going on here in my world but I'm trying to keep my postings short. Make them more interesting. I'll give you a hint, a pit bull took me down yesterday morning. How's that for a tease?

Cold Spring

Our oval planter Easter Sunday, the lighting was just right

Our cold spring continues. Last week we had a few days in the 60's and even one day the temperatures reached 70 degrees. I loved that! However, today we're back to the high 30's and the cold winds. Spring, oh when will you arrive? 

Probably what will happen we'll go straight into the hot and humid days, as has happened so often in the past years.

The past week I've accomplished a lot of yard work outside.  I love doing yard work. For me, it is a form of relaxation. I'm reading a wonderful biography of Rock Hudson. Rock also found doing yard work on his three and half acres of land in the Hollywood Hills his favorite form of relaxation.  Hey, something I have in common with Rock Hudson (smile).

Last week I had delivered six cubic yards of mulch. Every day I've spread at least four wheelbarrows of mulch. The best kind of exercise.  Maybe I can make a dent in those love handles that I've acquired the past few years. But then maybe not.  I think I'm stuck with those darlings for the rest of my life. That's why I wear loose clothing now. 

Me working with those heavy stones from Lowe's

I also had a load of stone blocks deliver from Lowe's last week. Eighty stones.  I laid every one save one.  Now that is some exercise. Those stones were heavy.  

This is the robin's favorite bird bath, maybe they like the statues

This is the first year that I'm really pleased with the amount of daffodils I have blooming. I want our little piece of Heaven here to burst in happy yellow every spring. This fall I will plant at least another hundred daffodils. Can never have enough daffodils.

The robins are back, pooping in our birdbaths. Robins are harbingers of spring to but I wish they wouldn't poop in the birdbaths. They're the only bird that does. 

Spring is finally here folks, in spite of the cold chill in the air. So happy to be here to enjoy yet another year of rebirth.

Tete a tete daffodils