Its Fall!

I went down today and took out the 'perishables' from the fridge. The house looks fine. Oil at 1/2 so that's fine too, especially since it's near 80 degrees today!
Aunt Sandy, Anna, and Richard left last Wednesday for a sightseeing trip on the way Bethesda. Called to say they'd arrived safely.
Yard still a mess, no sign of change since the last time I was there (last Sunday)
I left the freezer for another day. We've tried the English cheese tonight (mmmmm)!
Happy fall.

Some pictures of the new septic system progress.

B+B visited long enough to: (Jen [she's back!!!] and Matt stayed home with Mom)

• turn on water
• turn on all faucets and flush toilets: all's well
• turn on water heater
• turn on fridge set temps to 'setting 3' on freezer and fridge
• put out Calla lily pot and water it heavily (no shoots yet...)
• notice 'low battery 12 smoke' notice on alarm: were batteries changed?
• mow most of lawn: discovered that the small mower won't start (!) so brought it home to fix
• Angie arrived to turn on water too!: had a chat: she showed me a couple emails from Jim Hutcheson (sp?) and/or Larry Frye to ARM about damage by ATV's on our property down 151 (house next to Maletesta's) and altercation with 'conservation officer' (Rob Rocks?)/ police called, etc.!

B and B mowed and weeded. Bob got the front field mowed too: left some daffodil clumps for show. Bets pulled the first crop of feathery ferns from around the house. There are 2 Jack-in-the-pulpits under the (barely hanging on) Holly. And the Bleeding Heart by the door are now visible since the ferns are gone.

Got the mowing done before the Rain! yay!

What a beautiful spring day! Bob and I worked on the yard today (didn't go inside at all): Bob mowed with J. Deere after cleaning up the fallen branches in the yard. I helped clean up the yard and then cleaned up the deadwood from shrubs and bushes. The rhododendrons and holly bushes really took a beating this winter. With all the various snow storms, the deer simply walked on top of the snow and ate the tops of most of the bushes! There is green at ground level but the tops may not make it. There's no green showing. We let them alone for the most part to see if anything grows with this current warm/wet spell. A frog jumped into the pond as I walked by. The magnolia blooms are falling to the ground. It must have been beautiful. The flowering quince is in full red bloom. The bleeding heart is blooming by the front door, and the baby's breath (? it's pink) is in full bloom on the left side of the patio. I took some pictures of the yard with my cell phone. I'll see if I can get them to show up here... but first I am planting Mothers' Day flowers in Mom's and my gardens in Glastonbury! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all moms!

 The Rock Garden

The Brook is High!

It was just too beautiful to pass up a visit to Thicut today! I also went to the cemetery: just a tinge of green on the grounds. The trees are still tightly budded, but the daffodils are ready to bloom! I brought in some for'cynthia' to force.