Must Hope for No Frost or Freeze

Good Morning!  The a/c is now off.  In fact, I turned the heat on this morning to take the chill off.  We have had an inch of rain over Sunday and Monday.  I know that isn’t near what a lot of others have had.  Jana told me, and I have seen pictures on Facebook, that the Ohio River and the Miami Rivers are both well above flood stage.  I was just happy we received the amount of rain we did because it was good for the grass, trees, etc.  Now, we just have to hope we don’t get a freeze.  I have been checking the plants, trees, etc. and a lot of them have new growth. 

I am in the process of taking a genealogy class. I use the Family Tree Maker Program to record notes and information I find on Ancestry and other web programs.  I am taking a class to learn more of the features about FTM.  I have only taken two of the classes so far and have learned quite a bit.  Glad I am taking it.

I have also signed up for another one.  The next one is how to find your German ancestors.  I have subscribed to Ancestry World since I found out that Google has a translation program so I thought this would be a good time to try and find some German ancestors.  I also downloaded a translation program that Brian told me about.  I am hoping that between the two of them I can figure something out!

The purple martins have started to arrive.  They are busy building their nests in the apartment.  I have also noticed bluebirds, cardinals, sparrows, mourning doves, and many others.  I guess spring is on the way.  Yea!!!!  I will probably hang my hummingbird feeders in the next week or so.

Good Morning!  It’s sunny but a little on the cool side and rather windy.  Apparently, we were in the donut hole yesterday because we did not get any of the predicted rain.  We just had a LOT of wind.  This morning I picked up twigs and branches that were in my driveway and added them to the pile.  I have a lot more to pick up.  Since we didn’t get the rain, I watered all the new trees. All three tulip poplar are starting to get leaves.  Yea! 

I also watered the magnolia that the guys transplanted for me.  So far, so good.

I also fed the birds this morning.  They have been very busy and noisy.

The rhododendron looks great.  Lots of flowers. 

The forsythia “twigs” that I hope will grow into bushes also have green leaves.

The weeping cherry tree is starting to get little sprouts.  It never blooms like it should.  It gets a flower every now and then. 

However, the Bradford pear has just blossomed out beautifully.

The Rose-of-Sharon bush in the front of my deck is also looking good.

I also finished embroidering one of the hand towels of the set I am working on.  Turned out pretty good.  I really like to embroider.  I feel like I am creating a picture.  Weird, right? 

I have finished my first genealogy class, and I learned a lot! Now I have a lot to do.  Next Monday the new one starts.  I hope it is as productive as this last one.  

Now, as I said in my title we just have to hope we don't have a frost or a freeze.  Sad to say, that is very possible.