Louis Dean had yet another restless and sleepless night.
I could hear him prowling around the house in the wee hours of the morning and when I woke up,
I could tell you everything he did! What he ate and where he ate it!
Thankfully, he didn't do any indoor gardening!
Since it was nearly daylight by the time he could finally sleep, it was nearly noon before he got up.
I was awake around 8:00 and took a walk outside while my coffee was making.
The ponds are both clean and will be until the pecan 'beards' start to fall. So far I have not seen any sign of budding out yet but that may be that the branches are too far away for me to get a good look at them. We had the trees trimmed back in February.
I haven't planted any flowers yet - these are all perennials.
Except for the pansies.
They won't last much longer once the weather warms up.
Notice the onions growing with the flowers!
Spring is such a beautiful season with its enthusiastic green coloring!
One of the things I am challenging myself to do is not waste any food.
And I'm also preparing at least two meals a day. And maybe a snack.
I started cleaning the kitchen early this afternoon.
I know why I was dreading it so.
What a chore!
I took all the debris down around the sink and the wreath, took them on the side deck and gave them a good washing.
Everything on the shelves above the sink came down and the dishwasher was running all day long.
It's STILL running!
I only cleaned this section of the kitchen today.
The cupboards to the right of the sink - upper and lower - have all been cleaned and purged and put back in place. Everything on the shelves has been washed.
I cleaned the cupboard doors and polished them.
It was dirty work and you can see I went through half a pitcher of tea while I was doing it!
I only broke three things today in the process of all this cleaning.....
a favorite coffee cup, a water pitcher and a pretty white vase.
I need to remind Louis Dean not to walk in there with his bare feet!
Tomorrow I will tackle this section!
Louis Dean said he will take everything out from under the sink for me.....
because it's scary under there!
I used my old green crockpot on Sunday to cook beans.
Today I made potato soup from a package of frozen mashed potatoes I had saved in the freezer.
I added a can of cream of chicken soup, a can of milk, and a package of frozen corn.
Shortly before I served it, I added a dollop of sour cream and some shredded cheese....
and garnished it with herbs from my garden.
It was really good.
I love redeeming things!
And I am really grateful that Louis Dean likes leftovers!
I have kept my art table out and had two short sessions today working on Winston.
It rained a little this evening.....so that makes 12 days in a row.
I got out and pulled some weeds early this evening and they come up so easily when the ground is damp. I haven't had to use that propane weed burner yet!
