OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING!

 ONCE YOU HAVE LIVED IN YOUR BEST EVER COUNTRY HOME, IT IS DIFFICULT TO CALL ANOTHER PLACE "HOME." WE HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE IN TOWN SINCE OCTOBER 2023. BECAUSE I AM STILL TRYING TO UNPACK STUFF THAT JUST DOESN'T FIT IN OUR SMALLER HOUSE, IT FEELS LIKE THIS IS TEMPORARY LIKE A CABIN.

 WHEN WE MOVED TO THE COUNTRY, WE HAULED IN TWO PICKUP TRUCKS FULL OF PLANTS. MOVING HERE WITH AN HOA DID NOT ALLOW FOR PLANTING OUR FAVORITE PLANTS IN THE GROUND.

I'M IN PLANT/GARDEN WITHDRAWAL. NO LILY OF THE VALLEY, BLEEDING HEARTS, PEONIES, IRIS, BEE BALM, RHUBARB, DAISIES, ETC. 

WITH HELP, I'VE SET UP A PATIO GARDEN WITH THE LITTLE IRON TABLE SET AND FAUX FLOWERS IN POTS. SOMETHING BUT NOT TOTALLY SATISFYING. NO FRAGRANCE BUT THEY ARE TOLERANT OF HEAT AND DRAUGHT. LOL

JOSIE AND I SPENT SOME TIME ON THE PATIO THIS MORNING. I EXPANDED THE PORTABLE FENCE SO THE WHOLE PATIO IS FENCED IN ON THE TWO OPEN SIDES - THE HOUSE IS THE OTHER TWO SIDES. HOPEFULLY IT WILL KEEP THE SQUIRRELS AND BUNNIES AWAY. JOSIE GETS A LITTLE EXCITED - LIKE SHE THROWS HERSELF AGAINST THE PATIO DOOR AND SCREAM BARKS. BECAUSE WE KIND OF SIT ON A CORNER, THE GROUNDS PEOPLE GO BY ABOUT 20 TIMES WEEKLY AND SHE DOES THE SAME UNTIL THEY STOP. UGH.

IT WAS SO CLOSE TO PERFECT THIS MORNING THOUGH - SHADE UNTIL 2 P.M., NO BUGS, COOL TEMP AND LITTLE HUMIDITY. I COULD LISTEN TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS THROUGH THE SCREEN DOOR. SO, TOMORROW MY BOOK, SOME ICED COFFEE AND MY JOSIE = ALMOST PERFECT.