An old treasure...

While remodeling the lake house we found, hidden behind a trellis and over grown potato vines, an old, hand operated, water pump. Its possibilities were endless. We decided to make a small pond water feature using the pump as a center piece. We dug the hole, placed the liner, lined the edges with rocks and plumbed the pump to have water coming out the spicket...add underwater lights and it looks great!

Spring break...Texas style

Ahhhhh....spring has indeed sprung. The fronts roll through with their thunderous rains and blustery winds, followed by brilliantly blue skies and balmy temperatures. Yes spring is here! As they say down here in Texas...”if you don’t like the weather , stick around a few minutes, it will change!”

Spring break was great this year...the grandkids, boated, swam and roared around the neighborhood on the golf cart. They are back in school now...most of the damage has been repaired and our tired old bones are almost back to their normal aches and pains.

Brrrrrr!

Just as we thought "spring has sprung", along comes a cold front...well more like a cool front with rain. Most to the garden beds have been weeded, the first tomatoes have been planted and the herb garden is up and growing. I shouldn't complain as we are way behind on rain and need it!! So bring it on.

Spring cleanup:

The leaves are starting to decorate the trees, the grass is starting to turn green, and grow! Even the birds are singing their spring tunes and the bugs are back, yes they too must sleep in the winter. Yesterday we cleaned our garden pond and weeded the beds...oh yes that’s the bad part of spring...weeds, they seem to arrive first and grow with wild abandon, consuming every patch of ground they can find. Ahhh well that’s spring…”bring it on!”

The first signs of spring

Along the upper Texas coast the first signs of spring are weeds! Yes, weeds, they pop up in your grass, flower beds, and in the cracks in the pavement...everywhere! As annoying as that is, it's still a sign of spring. I am itching to rake the last of the winter leaves, put out the weed and feed, and mow the grass. I know that is just a fleeting moment...soon I'll be complaining about mowing, the heat, and weeds (summer weeds this time). You see we have weeds just about all the time...it never gets cold enough down here to kill them off.

Hummm lets see...need to put new gas and filters in the mower, edger and blower (gotta have that mechanization you know), sharpen the tools and...he mumbled as he wandered off toward the garage.

Retirees do that you know!

Another day:

Wow...what a difference a day makes! Yesterday spring like temperature and blue skies have been replaced with low hanging battleship grey skies and cool damp winds. Well that's southeast Texas winters for you. Ahhh but spring is just around the corner.

Spring...well almost!

I know its February, but here in south east Texas the weather is teasing us...warm days and cool nights. It enough to make you want to "dig"...you know turn that dirt and put seeds and plants in the ground. Well in lu (is that a word?) of that (tempting as it was to dig and plant) I cleaned up the garage. How exciting...but you have to know that much "junk" from last years hurricanes still cluttered the garage. It is now straight...not orderly nor totally clean but straight and everything is in place. Now...if I can just keep it that way.