Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Category: FRED - the garden | Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:12 am

Our weather will be returning to normal for April over the next few days. The snow flurries that were in the area on Saturday were the first reported in north Texas since exactly 69 years ago....April 7th, 1938. We did not have a freeze afterall, tomorrow I will be putting the seedlings back in the bloom house. Time to put some in the sun for a while everyday so they can grow stronger too. Amanda did not know we had brought them in Saturday afternoon until she came out for supper, then she asked if I had bought out a garden shop.

Yesterday I got the obelisk put together, the one I found at our favorite thrift store back in January. In the main bed I found two pole bean sprouts coming up from last years crop. I had thought that either the squirrels or the drought had gotten them all since I didn't find any out there last summer. The one in front of the wheelbarrow needs to be moved to join it's sister behind the wheelbarrow then the obelisk will be put there for them to climb on.

Today Randy, Amanda and I treated ourselves to lunch out, we were going to go to a movie but couldn't find any we all wanted to see. We did find a small mall with what appears to be the only 75% Off Book Store left in the area. The books are new,overstocks from publishers or from stores that just could sell them and they are all under $7. I found a nice one of Ansel Adams photographs for Lisa's birthday, she loves his photos especially the ones of the American Southwest area in New Mexico and I got one on basket weaving for me. We stopped for ice cream at a Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream shop, then home. We passed two Calloway's Nurserys, both of which were open, I sighed deeply but never said anything about stopping, Randy apparently did not take my hints seriously.

Tomorrow I am going up to the city pound to rent a humane trap. I really want to get rid of the stray cats in this neighborhood. They rip thru some of my flowers chasing birds or squirrels. I am tired of finding bird feathers and pieces in the yard, they jump up on the birdbaths knocking them over - the tray on the large one is cracked and chipped, I glued the tray to the stand after that time so it is safe but the smaller ones aren't. They have even started coming into the backroom thru the window we leave a raised a little for Rambo to use on his way in and out and knock things off shelves scouting around for whatever.

I think I will put off working in the yard until Tuesday, it is supposed to be a little warmer and my old bones are tired of being cold this spring.

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cajunbelle wrote on Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:47 am:

What do you plan on doing with the cats once they are trapped. Are you sure they are not someone's pets? I would not want to see you get in trouble for trapping them if they are pets.

CritterPainter wrote on Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:26 am:

Your bookstore sounds dreamy! Not that I don't already live in a library already. Sounds like the crazy weather has no sign of stopping, sigh.

toni wrote on Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:59 pm:

Sharon, if they are someone's pets their owner should act like they care about them. We live in the middle of a large metro area, our city and all others around us have ordinances against letting cats and dogs run free, they are on the run 24/7, no collars or tags, our neighborhood is full of young children and if one of them does something that causes the cat to bite then the child would have to go thru rabies shots unless the cat could be caught and tested.