After the Storm...40º Cloudy

Before going outside, I started a pot of clam chowder and left it to simmer, then headed outside to the flowerbeds...Working on a warm/rainy day can be productive...With a lull in the rain showers, I spent about 2 hours cleaning up the mess from Sundays snow and heavy rain...Poppies, irises and peonies took the worst of the storm...They are heavy with buds this time of year, and snow on top of those buds cause them to break and bend over...I trimmed what had to be trimmed and left the upright ones to continue on to bloom...It was also time to give the forsythia bush its after bloom trimming and the lovage plant also got a good haircut...Now I have piles of refuse to haul away, but the beds look better...Thursday looks like we will get sunshine into next week...Hugs To All...OWAV:)

We have decorative quail as

 well as many live ones.

Old boots and succulents.

My Mom's old ladder keeps the 

golden glow upright and

makes a handy place

to prop a shovel.