Springing Forward

The moment has arrived for the annual "Spring Forward" clock tradition.  If you live in an area that is under that spell, I hope all was changed and you didn't arrive late for Church! Yesterday, having the thought of losing an hour in my mind, I decided to get outside and take advantage of the mild weather and get a head start on my Spring yard cleaning.  Poor Jack was back at the wood pile getting more of that tree we had taken down, cut up.

We sold off the black walnut but we were left with the trimmings to clean out.

The truck sure made a mess of the side yard.

All that wood will find a good home in our wood burning furnace...hopefully not until next Winter.  I'm thinking we won't be burning wood for heat any more this season.

Time out for a quick breather.  I made some headway in the planting bed by the garage and also by our back deck.  Picking up sticks in the front yard had me hitting the ibuprofen last night!

Piles of leaves and twigs were raked out.

More than a few trips were made to the creek with loads of weeds and leaves.

Beneath it all the first signs of Spring..some green growth....was a happy sight.  After all the work, Jack made a fire in the pit and I gathered the hot dogs.  We sat by the fire last night and enjoyed our simple dinner.  The rain threatened to put a damper on the evening, but it held off for a few hours.  We sat and relaxed and celebrated our first fire of the season.  We may have lost an hour, but we enjoyed the evening to the  max.