Yard Updates

Things have been hectic around here,

or at least that's how it seems to me.

We have baseball games

and scout meetings

and backpacking adventures

and all that leaves little time for the house.

It's been raining for weeks,

or at least that's how it feels.

We managed to get half the yard mowed and raked the other day

and Monday I just managed to get the other half mowed.

Afterwards I sat my butt down under the "Whomping Willow"

AKA the Kwanzan Cherry tree that is currently in full bloom.

We have so much on the list of things to do right now it's almost overwhelming.

We will be hosting the first backyard birthday cookout this house has seen 

in a long time-

possibly ever 

I'm not sure.

So I need to get the back yard party ready

by finishing digging out the new garden beds, 

getting some areas tilled, raked and seeded

and removing the brush from the removed shrubs.

And possibly remove the other shrubs on the list.

That's all hard to do in cold pouring rain

and it seems like the weather is only nice when I have a baseball game to be at.

Here's hoping I get a big enough break in the weather to get stuff done!

Butterflies

Our back pasture is full of purple clover.

Purple clover and butterflies.

These photos can't describe the number of butterflies 

(I counted 23 just near the area I was standing in).

Evening Primrose

We have an Evening Primrose growing in the garden here.

The blossoms open at night

and take only about a minute to open.

Last night, there were several blossoms ready to open 

so I pulled up a lawn chair and waited.

Here is a photo of the flowers completely open.