{ps, these pictures are from late January, but I wanted to show you the leaf madness we had on our hands, not to mention that enormous pile of leaf covered hardwood mulch in the background.}
After lunch, Papa started mulching leaves like a mad man, while Josh and I (and Mikey) began the grueling work of spreading our mulch mountain around the yard. It was hard work, and by 3 this afternoon, we were sore and ready to throw in the towel. Josh hung in awhile longer to finish the last bit of mulch spreading, because he is my hero. I am so very pleased to no longer have a pile of hard wood mulch in the middle of my front yard.
In the process of blowing and mulching leaves, we discovered a lot of buried treasures, including lenten roses, and possibly some irises or lilies It will be exciting to watch what pops out in our yard now that it is clean and ready!
{These are Lenten Roses. They look sort of sad and droopy, but I love their jagged edged leaves and pretty pale pink color.}
We finished our day with a shared dinner of Pork Spareribs, Coleslaw and Broccoli Salad. Our faces and necks are burned, our hands are raw, and we are ready to fall asleep even though it is only 9:30 pm, but since the clocks spring forward at 2 am, it won't hurt us to catch a little more sleep than we are used to.
Even though it hurts, it feels great to love on our house by tending to its yard. Can't wait to start our garden!
