This last week's adventures included weeding, painting, beginning to repair the gas-fueled fire pit and a crash course in cactus 101 – which I'm gonna venture to say was nearly as unpleasant for the person removing as it was for the afflicted. 

A dear friend sent a box full of perennial cuttings which have found new homes here in the mountain west. It has rained and rained and they seem to be taking root right along with us.

The boys have begun their yard care apprenticeship.  Really, we all have.  It's been a while since we have had a garden of our own to tend. (We had a most fabulous garden in England but it had been cultivated and maintained by the farm over many generations, so we just had to not wreck it.)  We are being realistic when planning summer to include plenty of time to work on all this.  It's a good thing.  We are back to falling into bed at night zonked and waking up to full new days. 

I love seeing my guys wearing work gloves again. : )