Garage

There are positives and negatives to having a large garage.

Positive, an excellent storage place for yard toys, tools and other items needed for sprucing up the house.

Negative, due to the spacious nature of the garage it's a magnet for what my Mom describes as "plutsy stuff." The things you don't want to throw out but don't know where to store or when you'll ever use again.

In order for me to get in my car I had to dodge 2 obnoxiously large "recycling centers" (that story is for another post), a trailer hitch, 2 snow shovels, a rake, shoes, a broken metal cot, several flower pots and wood scraps. Seriously, that was all crammed in one 2 foot wide walkway next to my car. After living in a teeny apartment we've become experts at fitting lots of stuff into a small space.

Ben and I put on our work gloves, backed out the cars and tackled the "plutsy stuffed" garage. Within about an hour we had the garage mostly clean.

I'm actually looking forward to getting in my car now!

This is the garage before.

My car is parked

next to the walkway

on the right.

The garage after cleaning...

Spring Surprise!

Being this is the first Spring in our house I'm discovering plants that I never knew existed in my yard. We moved in late June so all of the Spring plants had died by then.

As I walked through the yard today I encountered 3 surprises...

The first surprise, crocuses, crocuses everywhere and not where I wanted them. They're in my lawn, my bushes, cracks and crevices of the front yard planter. They're a beautiful dark and light purple but they're in all the wrong places! ugh...I attempted to dig up a few but my attempts were futile. Their bulbs are teeny... and a huge pain to replant. Now what do I do?

The second surprise was a little better. As I began the arduous task of weeding the front yard planter I found about 10 hyacinths. They were scattered all over the planter so I dug them up and relocated them to a spot next to the garage. I sure hope they live!

The third surprise, tulips!

Now I just have to remember where all these bulbs are after the plants die so I can dig them up and relocate them...