this is what we've been waiting for.

Yesterday, the temp passed 60 degrees. It's kind of rotten that the first 60-plus degree day of the year is a workday, but there you go. We still managed to get out for a major walk with Wrigley, and then had the very first cocktail hour on the new patio. Hallelujah!

Today was supposed to be rainy all day, but it was mostly gray, and then things cleared off after lunch. I spent several hours making a to-scale plan for the landscaping we need to do, using grid and tracing paper. It was immensely satisfying to think out what we want to do in the back, mostly surrounding the deck and patio. The new plan includes some hydrangea, some dwarf evergreens of some kind, some rudbeckia, that kind of thing. We'll divide and move several things already in the yard. I'm super excited.

Rob, bless his heart, tackled two of the three ornamental grasses we need to dig out -- bastards! I did some pruning and cleanup. There's plenty to do. Next weekend: Peas, per Grandma, on St. Patrick's Day.

Welcome, Spring!