Springtime in Kentucky

Husband and I woke this morning to another glorious day in Kentucky. (No, this is not my yard that I'm showing you, but these trees are indiginous to Kentucky and this is how they look blooming in the springtime.)

After having our morning tea/coffee out on the back deck early this morning, we walked around the yard a bit looking at some of the flowers. My biggest frustration lately has been my inability to work out in the yard. As a way of easing this frustration, I am able to take my cane and point out weeds that need to be plucked. Thankfully, husband has been kind enough to lean over and pull these buggers up. He was going to mow this afternoon, or use the weedeater, then we decided to get a sample of the pool water and take it to the pool store for testing. We will then purchase the correct chemicals to ready the pool for swimming.

We already have the pool filled, the pump going, and the solar cover heating up the water. The pool water was 72 degrees F. this morning. As warm as it has been the past several days, we figure we can start swimming within two weeks. We can barely wait. I like the water at least 85 degrees F. and the warmer the better.

I had husband stop in at a nursery the other day and we had a nice time looking at plants and trees. We have picked out a nice Bald Cypress we would like to plant in the back yard. This tree loves water and that's good because the spot we have picked out to plant it in retains a lot of water when it rains.

This nursery also had a wonderful selection of perennials and herbs that we are interested in planting. Hopefully we can get back to the nursery to buy some of these lovely plants and husband will be able to get them in the ground very shortly.

We are getting ready for my therapy session this afternoon then we are off to the pool store. It really feels great to actually be doing things again and not just going to the doctor or therapy.