Mother Nature Was Working Overtime

We spent Friday night supporting the performing arts. Translation: attending the annual dance recital for two pretty amazing girls in our lives. They work hard all year for this night and it's fun to see them on stage having fun with their friends. After the performance ended we headed north and arrived around 11:30. Instead of collapsing into bed we ran around the house flipping light switches on and off. Funny how something like the miracle of electricity never fails to amaze us! Our electrician extraordinaire worked his magic and we now have working lights throughout the house! A big thanks to Heather and the Poirier family for providing us a list of various local contractors.

Mother Nature is amazing. Last weekend we put down some mulch and gave the "plants" a long drink of water. I say "plants" because at this point we weren't sure what was a plant and what was a weed. So we crossed our fingers, prayed to the perennial gods, and hoped for the best. What a difference a week makes! We pulled into the driveway and the motion sensor lights lit up an explosion of pink and fuchsia. What was a short green stem last Sunday exploded into a gorgeous bleeding heart plant. I've never seen them in a landscape. They've only previously existed in hanging baskets on Mother's Day. The other surprise was something that looked like an azalea but it was clearly something more sophisticated. This plant had pretty pink buds in a star shape- for all I know it is an azalea. I spent sometime between rain showers taking pictures of various plants and trees in the yard and plan to ask as coworker for help identifying them.
Before heading to an early Mother's Day celebration, we began repairing and sanding a bureau. I also started another batch of spice jars- ginger and rosemary want to join the party and I need make some room.

I'm posting a few picture of the yard including the deer buffet ( all still present and accounted for) I planted last weekend. If you see something you recognize, PLEASE let me know- although I am aware we have 3 apple trees in the back yard. And that is only because when we looked at the house in the fall, there were actual apples on the tree.