Seasons go round

 Adam's Apple continues to send up determined shoots.  By this time next year, we may bue up to buds and blossoms.
















.  And in preparation for summer festivities, we scalped the lawn.  Well, DH, RW and the mighty Taylor scalped the lawn, while MJ and I shopped for cabinet hardware.  And when we got back, I realized that the handles we haa selected did not go with the hinges.  I took them back and got shiny handles instead.  Easier and cheaper to replace handles than to replace handles AND hinges.

Today, DH and I picked up some groundcloth and bandaged the scalped spot to prevent the infection of weeds and grass under our new terrace, Or whatever. What do you call it? A shade structure over a paved area.  The veranda?  the pallazzo? the summer house?  It's gonna be awesome sauce for knitting in the summer!

And just because I wanted to share it, here's that lascivious magnolia unfurling her tender buds.