It Was a Good Day

Hooray for the sun!

It was a gorgeous day in my corner of the world today.

The birds were singing, the daffodils are in full bloom

And look at the noon reading on the thermometer.

I hadn't planned to spend the day outdoors, but with this kind of weather who could resist? Besides, the prediction is that the weather will change tomorrow and RAIN will be back once more for the next several days.

My little potager garden need some attention. Why is it that weeds can survive the cold when desirable plants cannot?

But the strawberries are still green

And the garlic looks good

Some of the leaf lettuce I planted in the fall didn't grow enough to harvest before first frost

but has survived and is ready to resume growing.

A few arugula plants are still green and edible.

I bought onion bulbs a few weeks ago and decided today would be a good time to get those started. February is the month onions and cabbage are planted in this area.

The dogs enjoyed being outside as much as I did

 and lay patiently until I was ready to come inside.

Here's Valerie scratching her back against the fence.

Before I knew it, lunch time had arrived. How times flies when you're having fun.

Making a salad is never quick work: all that chopping and peeling. I like to think of constructing a salad as designing a work of art. Silly me!
But all those colors and shapes remind me of placing paint on a canvas.

Lettuce, avocado, egg, bell pepper, carrot, tomato, marinated artichoke, cucumber, black olives, croutons, sunflower seeds.

Making the lunch was almost as tiring as digging in the garden.

Got to have my cucumber and lemon water.

Drinking a lot with all the activity.

Back outside for a short time for the second walk of the day with the dogs.

I happened to see this weed growing underneath a tree. I have no idea its name but I think it's quite pretty.

Very prickly though.

The day ended with a pretty sun sinking in the western sky,

 but the clouds are rolling in.

Kitty Carl is safe on his pillow in the garage. He's waiting on brother Murtie and baby sister Myrtle so the door can be closed for the night.

All's well; everyone's here.

Carl wishes you a goodnight.