Saturday and a Warm Day

I slept very well last night and even though I woke up twice. I ended up getting up at almost 6:00 AM. I feel very rested.

I am not sure what I will do today. I don't have a plan. I have fed Missy and myself and am just now watching the news.  I lost my signal on CBS awhile ago but finally got it back. I kind of wiggled the Tivo plug and that may have fixed it. I was ready to pull the plug and re-plug it when that happened.

Missy has been trying t get the den closet door open and I had to scold her to get her to stop that. I sure don't want her to damage that  door. She is living here because she is grandfathered in since Wayne let me rent this apartment regardless that I had her.

I would like to plant my flowerbeds and flower boxes.  I usually plant them the last week in April  but the weather was uncertain the last week in April so I am already a week late. We will see....

Well, I went out to Hain's Nursery about 9:30 and bought some plants. I bought geraniums and petunias and some other plants to put with the red for contrast..mostly white stuff and greenery. I got the pots filled and then went out to Walmart and bought two medium sized bags of Miracle Grow. I also bought some bedding plants there. I spread the Miracle Grow around in the bed I made up on the east side and planted some of the petunias in it along the border.

There is lots of gravel in that bed because once upon a time that area and even the area where the four -plex is built  was a graveled parking lot. I will be surprised if the petunias make it. I gathered up a lot of gravel but I know there is still lots more of it under that dirt and the Miracle Grow. If anything can grow there, it will be the petunias though. I still have a full flat to plant in there. I only got the border in this afternoon.  I know I have overdone it but I was already a week late getting the flowers in. I will go out in a little while...after I recuperate...and take some photos of what I have done already and perhaps post them here. I will try to finish this project tomorrow after church.

I started this project at 10:00 this morning and worked until noon and then came in and ate the rest of my vegetable soup. After I recuperated for an hour or so, I went over to Orchelen's and bought a large bag of Miracle Grow for that east flower bed.and the service man loaded it for me. I rolled it out of the trunk of my car and scooted it over to where I was working.  I emptied that bag with a trowel  and planted the border.  I still may have to get another small bag of Miracle Grow or at least a bag or two of mulch for both the beds for tomorrow afternoon. I finished what I got done at 4:00 and cleaned my hands and nails and came in to rest for the rest of the day. I really should take Missy out for awhile if she wants to go. It is a lovely day.

If I don't sleep well tonight it will be because every bone in my body is sore from getting up and down.

These are the geranium pots. They are finished.

 These are of the east side bed...the one with all the gravel in it. It is unfinished.

 Then below here is the above ground flowerbed John, my son-in-law, built for me right after I moved into this apartment. That was a potted "miniature"  rose bush Leslie gave me one Mother's Day several years ago. Needless to say, it is no longer a "miniature". It must be four feet tall. The buds were all nipped with the last freeze we had but I was looking at it yesterday and it is covered with new buds...so perhaps I will have roses after all one of these days.

I want to get a tomato plant to plant in this container on the patio. Leslie and John gave that to me three years ago. The first year it did well but last year it didn't do much of anything. I don't know why.

So far I have over $80. in this year's flowerbeds and pots.  I still need to mulch everything so some more will be bought tomorrow. I enjoy trying to pretty up my side of the yard.

More later.....

At 7:00, as usual, I took my bath, soaked awhile, and got myself ready for bed. Then Missy and I watched a movie on Amazon about the author of  "Murder on the Orient Express", Agatha Christy, until 9:00 when we went to bed