Vanilla Tootsie Rolls

Did you know that tootsie rolls came in vanilla?? I knew that the little ones did; you know like for Halloween. I am not a chocolate fan, but I do like these. Love of my life knows this. I was asleep when he came home last night and didn't find my "present" until awhile ago. We have both been working non-stop and only see each other when we eat our one meal together. We sit down for at least 30 minutes together and eat and usually watch TV. Today we watched American Idol. Then he went to work and I went back outside..........

I have been edging all my garden beds and moving some big rocks to build new garden beds. He who mows told me to wait until he could help me move the really big rocks ..............

As soon as his truck was out of site I grabbed the hand truck and moved my rocks. He who mows is also he who plumbs and he who readies the pool. This makes him he who has enough on his plate. And I have discovered that I can move just about anything on wheels!

This garden is all edged neatly and will now be easier to mow. Problem now is that I can see the weeds growing in the gravel parking lot in this picture. Short pause to add Round-Up to my growing list of items needed........ add ant killer, too.

Gavin's garden is looking good. I still have new tulips every day! Oh, no, I see a dandelion!!

The ground is dry and thirsty. It is supposed to rain tomorrow. Look, triplets!

This one is about spent. I planted an assortment of colors and wasn't sure what I was going to get. I like the orange.

And the yellow. Must be why I love marigolds. I have planted a gallon zip-lock bag full of seed throughout the park along with sunflowers and of course, gourds.

Apple tree blossoms. I have three trees and the aroma is heavenly. If you walk close to the trees you can hear the humming of the bees as they are doing some crazy pollination!

This one is a golden delicious and my favorite. The wind picked up awhile ago and it rained very briefly. Not enough to really get anything wet. Just enough to send me in and make me reconsider painting fence tonight after the treeline shades the pool area.

Yesterday as I painted frantically racing the end of the day I noticed that the wind had blown some of those apple blossoms towards the fence and they were stuck to the wet paint. Last thing I did last night was pull them off. I am happy to report that I have reached a halfway point. I am painting all the parts of the fence that are hard to paint, such as the posts and will then give the roller another try on the chain link. I has measured the fence by counting what I thought were 8' sections. That means I have to paint 240' inside and out. Well, today I discovered that those sections are 10' and I am painting 300'. I do not know why, but I find that depressing!!

Today is the deadline for taxes and the second anniversary of my sweet collie, Sarge's death. I always miss him when I am working outside. I almost expect to find him at my side as I dig and drag rocks. He was the most wonderful companion. He loved sweets and would appreciate sharing with me..........