one garden evening late in May

hens and chicks from the neighbor

the oaks are leafing out very slowly

but not the maples

weedy patch of earth taken over by the fairies

strawberries by the raised beds

this oak has leafed

four year old seed from the fridge does sometimes work (lettuce and peas)

self-seeded columbine

prairie smoke

pussy toes

the tree people said the hackberry is "the new elm" ... we like it, but it grows helter-skelter

unearthed a green beetle whilst I looked for big bluestem I thought I'd planted

ginko leaves burst

the girls have to catch the beetle, in their p.j.'s.  (he got away.)

Feeling more like myself, though Jeff and I are still foggy and tired.  (What a strange spring sickness.)  Girls are still bright and healthy, thank goodness.  We're prepping for the start of a busy summer, already booked here and there through mid-July.  Hurrah?  Yes... hurrah;  it will be good.

This past week has been a parade of window and drywall guys coming through for quotes then measurements.  The upstairs porch will be progressing!  (But poor Jeff has a lot of work to do before windows and drywall.)  This is such a funny old house, but we fit well here among the creaking floors and wavy windows. 

(Off soon to new adventures!)