FishinBC's Blog

Okay time to catch up. Enjoyed reading everyone’s blogs! Time to get back into the swing. I have been working in the flower beds and the veggie patch. Had lots of peas and cabbages this spring. Now it’s tomato time! Good thing with all that is going on in the news about maters. But then prefer my own anyway. Who doesn’t?!? The flower beds are maturing and I spent this spring excited with each return peeking up through the mulch. My bleeding heart did me proud this spring and was full and loaded with blooms.

The dappled willow that replaced the frozen Japanese maple is doing wonderful. I think I love it now. It’s a favorite hangout for the hummers too. The hostas bed at the front of the house is my favorite bed right now. I have added peony, hydrangea, Japanese ferns and some annuals for more color. Lots of trailing stuff that falls over the rock wall of the bed. All the daylilies in the bed by the pond have scapes and this being their second year they are all doing great.

Back to battling the bushy tailed beast on the deck. As long as I keep their trough filled with seeds they stay out of my herb pots. We have six pots of basil (a must), sage, chives, thyme and cat nip. The birds are still my passion and enjoyed regular visits this spring by five male rose breasted gross beaks and had my first oriole. Waited forever for the hummers to show up this spring but they made it and are back in force.

Robdog tangled with one of the now grown coonies last week. Not good and though we no longer feed the coons they still come to the deck almost nightly. Hubby was not quite fast enough with the block (leg thrust to stop dog in tracks). A scratched nose, a visit to the vet and a couple of vaccines that were not due till Aug and Rob is back on guard. Silly dog. Miss old Buddy, my shadow dog. His old heart gave out on Jan 21st. The old man had 2 and half wonderful years of sleeping on the bed and being loved and cared for. I know he went to the bridge a happy old dog. Brair Rose is also beginning to show her age but is always up for a game of ball. She gets an aspirin for those achy old joints and is ready to go again. Thinking of adding a young dog to the pack, I am sure there is another border collie in need. Have plans of putting in two more flower beds at the side of the house and a pondless stream running between them.

We have the rock selected and have been waiting for hubby to recover enough to be able to lift more than 20 lbs. Couple more weeks and we will start that project. Should be good and hot out by then!! HAHAHA!!!

Trust me this was not all in one day, as mentioned below!  Just progress since the spring and ideas to come!