T Stands for Yardwork

 Hi everyone.

Overall we've had a pretty nice spring here in New Hampshire. I should say we've actually had spring this year, at least so far. In fact, last week ended with some gorgeous weather, more like late May than April. 

With the beautiful weather and things finally drying out, I spent much of my time outside doing yard work. Even though I know crocuses are long gone for many of you, mine are finally starting to bloom. 

Now that the flower beds are all raked, so much is popping up, and it is exciting to see it all happening.

Last weekend my husband cut down this grey birch tree. It was a nice tree, and I was sad to have to cut it down. The problem was it had gotten so big  that once the leaves blossomed it would block a lot of sun in the veggie garden. It's been an issue for a few years. That garden is inside the white picket fence that you can just see on the edge of the photo. As you can also see, it's not like we don't have other trees either.

Ignore Maddie, she's a photo hog.

The hubby was worried the tree might come down in the wrong direction and land on the deck or picket fence.

He engineered the fall perfectly.

Of course that meant I also spent some of last week dragging the chopped off branches up to the driveway so my husband could take them to the dump this past weekend. It's either that or burn them, but burning is a chore and a half in itself,  especially since we're drier than normal after last summer's drought.

The hubby took 2 loads of brush like this to the dump.  There's still a bit left for another day.

I did manage to get a laugh break during my yard work while watching Pete try to catch a chipmunk who ran into the fire pit.

Pete is fast but the squirrels and chipmunks always outwit him because he can't climb trees or get into the little crevices they squeeze into.

I can't believe some of my roses even have leaves popping out. It's usually more in late April that that happens.

And lastly I have been busy getting ready for my bees to arrive at the end of May.  The hubby and I are trying to work out the best spot to place the hive and the best way to get it up off the ground. Plus I have to put up an electric fence because of the bears, and I don't know anything about electric fences. I've been having fun learning all these new things.

This is why I like when we actually get spring.

 My drink related post for T this week comes from a cloth journal I found a couple of weeks ago in a bin in my attic.  Be sure to stop by Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog   where we share our drink related posts for T on Tuesdays.

I think it's pretty obvious about how it fits for T.

This journal comes from back in the early 2000's, but I'm not sure of the exact date. I've pre-posted the rest of the pages from this book for Friday this week.

That's all for me.

Happy T day, and thanks for visiting.