I Will Not Complain

(Before transplanting day lilies, digging out rocks and dirt)

We went into winter last year in a drought and earlier this spring we were still considered a drought area. So, when we get rain we’re very thankful. Which is why as much as I want to, I will not complain! We had plans for the weekend. Such fun plans – working on our landscaping projects. And we got a good start. We’re almost done with filling in the flower bed. As usual, we decided we need some caulk that we don’t have so until we get that we can’t be officially finished with that. But rather than run for one little item, we decided to start on the this bigger area.

(All dug out and nothing but mud!)

We have it all cleaned out now. This was a project unto itself. Raking rock and dirt, shoveling it into the wheel barrow and then hauling it out to another area in the yard to use as fill. Until the wheelbarrow tire went flat. While Joe worked on repairing that I proceeded to fill buckets with rock and dirt and carry them across the yard. What a workout that was! I wasn’t fast but I did get it accomplished! It turns out Joe couldn’t repair the tube so we decided to get cleaned up, run to town to H & M for a new tube, and then on out to Belva Deer to visit Dad and Mom. And while we were out there – it started to rain. We had to get home as quickly as possible because we left all our tools and everything outside with the intention of coming back and working some more and hopefully finish this project. And well, it rained a lot. And then Sunday it rained some more. And so now, instead of an ugly, rocky, weedy area outside our backdoor, we have a huge area of mud! According to the forecast, which changes on an hourly basis anymore, we are to get rain on and off all week. But, I will not complain. We need the rain. This project isn’t going anywhere. We will just have to be patient and work on other things until we can get back to it.

That’s what we did yesterday after the rain. Joe put up the new backdoor light. The one we had hadn’t worked for years and it’s so nice to have a light out there again. I’m sure people who visit in the evening will enjoy it too. We have a yard light but there’s a tree that blocks most of the light from the door so this will be wonderful to come home to when we come home at night. It’s motion sensored and I just love it! We cleaned out the gutter above the backdoor, which needs to be done on a regular basis thanks to the trees around the house. And we put the new solar lights on the posts on the front deck. Now they look so pretty at night! Sooner or later, things will get done and I will not complain about the rain. It is so very welcome around here right now!