"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.” Sam Goldwyn

another day at the plant nursery; this time one contorted filbert to be grown in a container, a corkscrew scarlet Japanese maple to frame the view from the stair well windows, several more mahonia (oregon grape holly) for the eastern hedges, and a few miniature elms for bonsai----- actually  pinjing. because the Chinese inbvented miniaturization of plants and the Japanese borrowed it and renamed it Bonsai.

And then some carnations and gypsophilia seeds because my herb garden was a huge disappointment. Oh I had plenty of sage and mint but the basil never took off. so i shall do the flower route instead on the top deck.

Jim is going to fortify a little bench nook off the north patio so my pinjing collection will have a place to reside as it grows. I have never miniaturized before because I didn't live in the right climate for it. But we really MUST stop leaking money on trees and  shrubs and flowers ( i am avoiding annuals this year for the planters- rocks and mulch.

the pond filter has been cleaned. we got the front electricity working so my birdbath is plugged in and bubbling away and  we might even have the raw works for low voltage lighting which can let us put some uplights fixrd on the prized curly bark maple that adorns the north patio. Can you tell I want summer to be here? FAST