Weeds and more

Last year we were very aggressive in targeting weeds in our pasture. This Spring we have a lush, green, and grassy field. It's interesting that we saw few results from our efforts last year but that the weeds apparently died , during their winter dormancy, at the root. This takes effort on our part but what a nice result!

The daffodils are finishing their work. Some came up in places I hadn't even remembered putting them, which was a nice surprise.

We have had a very wet week with it raining hard nearly every day. This makes everything look crisp and fresh as well as grow like crazy. One might not see the downside, but there is a definite one: Fire danger. Rain makes plants grow a lot in places where they aren't irrigated (forest land) and then, when there is no more rain water, their life cycle is to die to the root. This leaves all the above-ground part to dry out and become tinder. We are very careful with fire.

Home Again

In the last week we have traveled clear across the United States with several of our children. Mostly, it was a fun experience. The flight cancellation and resultant comprehensive search by TSA in Salt Lake City would be the negatives. I have no idea what profile I fit, but I was well and truly searched.

We were able to spend time with our children and grandchildren and we learned that the older of the latter is "an aggressive eater". Her Aunt was trying to take a picture of her eating strawberries in a large patch but the child was too fast. There was no hesitation between getting a strawberry in her hand and putting it, complete, in her mouth. Poor Aunt never got a picture.

In addition to strawberries, we enjoyed Myrtle Beach and Fort Sumter. The best part was playing Perudo around the dining table, which I should have won. I was robbed. :-)

Though we miss our far away family, it was a joy to come home to the explosion of daffodils.