A Little Bit of Spring

It's not yet spring but the sunshine and warmer weather over the weekend has brought up the crocus in the front flower beds. The purples were almost smothered under some mulch but Norm uncovered them last Wednesday and yesterday, they were all busy sun worshipping.

These yellow crocus are from the terrace above the "wall" by the front walk. Norm dug them up Thursday when we got a call that the crew from Metro Retaining Walls would be here Friday to begin removing the old rotted railroad ties. We hope we can re-set all of the bulbs after the construction is done this coming week. We also dug up the hostas from that area last fall and have over-wintered them in the back border. With luck, we can re-set them before they start to sprout. We will be curious to see how the wall progresses. It's a major investment so we are keeping our fingers crossed.

This past week was busy. I had physical therapy for my shoulder, then got the results of an MRI I had a couple of weeks ago on my neck. Looks like neck therapy is next. Here's hoping it can help mitigate the effects of arthritis and, well, generally getting older. We also kept Ava the neighbor dog this past week and she had a setback of intestinal illness that Barb thought she was over. We eventually took her to her vet when blood showed up where it shouldn't be. After a shot to calm her insides, an infusion to hydrate her, and a new bland food, she was much better. Barb came home Friday night and by today, Ava is bouncing like she was never sick.

I also attended the third baby shower in 5 weeks on Saturday. I am so happy for all of these young women. DebE's baby girl arrived on Feb. 21; Jeanne's is due April 12 and MIchelle's is due April 10. My knitting fingers and quilt stitching fingers are getting a workout, and the therapy schedule leaves me with less time than I would like to devote to these projects!

Norm is finally feeling over his bronchial/sinus infection that plagued him for about 5 weeks. Of course, now the maple trees are in bloom so he is sneezing and has an itchy throat. We are keeping Elaine B. in our prayers this week as she goes back to Tulsa for another chemo treatment. We know several others in this situation and we have thoughts and prayers for them as well.