Monday
May022011
May 2, 2011 After the Rain(s)
Boy, whomever coined the rhyme about spring weather was right. We got a load of mulch delivered in late March, and between the storms and a broken wheelbarrow have only distributed half of it.
But the rain does some amazing things, too. When the snow finally melted, I thought of Garrison Keillor's line, that it looked like a herd of buffalo had wintered in our back yard: it was a muddy, soggy mess. Scarcely a month later, the colors are astounding.
Yes, the bush covering the window is out of control, but for very important reasons we can't cut it back just yet!
But the rain does some amazing things, too. When the snow finally melted, I thought of Garrison Keillor's line, that it looked like a herd of buffalo had wintered in our back yard: it was a muddy, soggy mess. Scarcely a month later, the colors are astounding.
Yes, the bush covering the window is out of control, but for very important reasons we can't cut it back just yet!
Reader Comments (3)
Your house is too cute. I'd love to see some inside pictures sometime!!
Watch out...the grammar Nazi may come knocking on your door after he reads the first sentence of this post.
http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/whoever.asp" rel="nofollow">She's right. (Don't you hate that?) I guess I've heard it wrong so many times that I never quite learned the rule.
However, in my research, I learned the following joke, which made the effort worth it: