I have issues with Good Ole' Pawsktawny Phil. He told us six more weeks of winter. Well, I still haven't seen winter. The most snowflakes I've seen this year are hanging in our kitchen window that Fred spent hours on making in November. We've had two inches of snow and very mild winter. It even made Christmas feel 'blah' because it was barely cold enough for scarves and gloves. I want winter, instead right now, I have orange barrels, giant concrete sewer drains, and bulldozers on our street...I think even they are confused. Don't you know the first signs of that color orange come in spring??
Our poor little street is finally being fixed after 50 years of sending rubber ducks from one end to the other during a light rain. Meanwhile constant beeping of trucks, roaring of bobcats and swearing of construction men is our new normal.
In the pumpkin den though, we have been working on little projects here and there. Squish is busy talking and waddling around playing chase with her big sister. I've been dreaming of demolishing our basement, but I still need to do so much more to the backyard (and soon the front when construction is done) to prepare for gardening season and no money to do it on!
I did have an interesting experiment. My neighbor never carved two of their giant pumpkins (one orange, one white) so instead of him throwing them in the trash, I rescued them and put them in the backyard in an unused spot. It wasn't until Mid-January that they finally started rotting and the racoons ate the meat and some the the seeds. I'm hoping that just like last year, we get a few plants started on their own. I would love for the entire back to fill with pumpkin vines and have my veggie garden free of pumpkins! I'm also going to try pumpkins in the front possibly right at the edge of the street once I see the new curbs! It will all be new dirt and torn up so why not?
So until then, I have a few projects I'm starting and hopefully we'll get a Valentine's Blizzard...I'll be ready for Spring by St. Patty's.
