Roy is off for working out and grocery shopping, for those essentials, chicken salad and bread. The kittos and I are now having some quiet morning time, well as long as Baxter is napping it will be quiet. I was thinking this morning, there are two things one will hear consistently around here, get off my desk and I love you. I mean really, why does Roy want to jump on the top of my desk? Nah, it's Baxter. He doesn't care what kind of attention he gets, he just wants attention.
We finally found a day in between appointments and weather related travel to get over to TN. With temps being warmer here we are several weeks ahead in the growth season but we feel like we are two weeks behind on everything. Our first thought was to do an extensive day in Johnson City, but we came to our senses and just did our shopping in the Erwin area. We were looking for specific tomato plants that have done well the last couple of years for us. Too early... I did bring home some nice sized poppies that we will plant after we get some much needed rain this afternoon. We also went to Food City for a couple of things but they carry a brand of cat bowls that Roy likes for the kitties. We ate our lunch on the way home because we stopped at Pal's. We also made a stop at Windy Hill Farms. They built a larger produce stand this season and we picked up some strawberries, strawberry and chocolate chip sourdough bread, home made pork skins and some Cherokee purple tomato plants. We will be back for sure. I love watching their raising goats reels. So cute!
It has been a week since our pastor read his retiring letter with tears shed behind the pulpit and in the pews. Thankfully, he is retiring sometime in the summer of 2027. We have met so many nice people and made friends so it is always good to have more than just liking the pastor. He is one of the best I have ever heard and he comes to the pulpit with JOY!
We went out this morning to throw some dirt down on the incline down into the yard. It was cold out there. We got the area prepped and seeded and put a little water on the area to hold the seeds with all the wind happening. Both of us came back into the house exhausted from the work and the elements. Early evening still had the wind rolling and the cool temps. As for plants we have not planted any in the flowerbeds but have them in containers. Looks like one more close call for frost and by Mother's Day, we are in the all clear. I am really, really tempted to plant the poppies but I know better.
Tuesday morning now and a big ol' boom of thunder woke me up. Just a few thunder boomers with a soaking rain. We need rain! It clears out or so they say sometime this morning and we will have sunshine in the afternoon. I enjoy having these two days of not having to be anywhere. I did some procrastinated chores yesterday afternoon. One of those being getting things ready for Roy to drop off at Habitat. Mike mowed today and the yard looks beautiful. Roses have done so well and we've prepared a few spots for flowers and we shall see how that goes. Roy got some Cherokee Purple plants and we have planted them for now in the bags of soil we bought. These weeks of spring almost rival my love of autumn but autumn is firmly placed in my affections for the seasons.
The coming few weeks hold doctor appointments and such. Some I will accompany Roy for them. Especially, those early morning blood work appts cause there is breakfast afterwards at Moose Cafe. My attention span right now is really focused on a few things. My attention span is still minimal most days. I have struggled with our book club reading with the ago ol problem I have had since starting school, if I don't love it, I don't have much energy to doing it. I have liked the books we've read but not really loving them. I should probably take the summer off and try to read those books piling up on my TBR pile.
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