Making Progress

OOPS!  I named this blog the same as the last one.  A senior moment perhaps?  Or just a DUH! 

This week when it was grass cutting time, I got on the riding mower and headed out into the front yards.  I finished my front and side yards and then started on Kevin/Renea’s.  Didn’t get very far when I heard several clunks and smelled something “hot.”  Seems I threw a belt.  That took care of the grass cutting for that day.  Anthony finished up with the riding mower I don’t know how to use – yet. 

Made one more trip to Lowe’s to get the rest of my rocks.  ONE JOB IS FINISHED – sort of.  All the rocks are down, and, I must say, it looks good.  Now I just have to finished edging and getting rid of some grass that has started growing. 

My plants are doing great.  The Gerbera Daisy is blooming again.  I was getting a little concerned about that one.  Plenty of leaves, but no blooms.  The petunias are doing beautifully.  The geraniums are blooming and healthy.  And, I have a lot of buds on the Rhododendron.  I’m really looking forward to them blooming.  Waiting for the Encore Azaleas to bloom for their second time.  I still don’t see any buds, but I’m watching.  The information says in the summer, so I’m not sure exactly when that will be.  The Lantanas are beautiful.  The original two that I planted have been blooming constantly.  They are part of a group called Butterfly Bushes and I can see why. 

I have a lot of butterflies coming to them.  The two Lantanas that Renea gave me (they weren’t doing too good in her pots) are surviving.  I was worried about them for a while, but it looks like they are going to make it.  I am going to have to quietly sit outside with my camera and try to get some pictures of the butterflies. 

Now, I have to decide what I want to do where the Azaleas and Lantanas are to control the grass and weeds.  Decisions, decisions, decisions.

NOTE:  The Dawn Redwood is looking great!

I have a lot of birds coming to my feeders.  I love it!  I finally put the hummingbird feeders out.  I put a small one in each of the two Bradford Pear trees.  I haven’t seen any hummingbirds yet, but I keep watching.  It may take them a while to find the feeders.  There are also a lot of birds nesting in the purple martin house. 

The kittens are doing great.  They are starting to play, climb and walk all over the place.  One little black one with white paws greets me whenever I come to feed them.  I have started putting out some kitten food for them, but not sure they are eating it or Cleopatra is eating it.  I hope she is starting to teach them.  I know they check it out.  They turned four weeks old this week.  Still haven’t decided if I am going to take one of them.  I know a couple of you suggested the brown kitten, and that’s the one Renea and Stephanie think I should take.  But it’s the little black and white one that keeps “greeting” me.  Also there are two really small ones that are all black that are friendly.  The brown one usually ignores me.

Probably won’t get much done outside today.  It’s too hot.  Maybe I’ll just take a break, kick back and read for a while.  Sounds good.