Wednesday Shocker!

I had hope to beat the rain and get the rest of the grass seed down. So, I stopped at Murray's , but they were out. It was sprinkling when I came out so decided it would have to wait.

Jake had mentioned at work that he had gone to my house for lunch and, with the lawn fresh cut, how really nice it looked out the kitchen window. So, first thing I did when I got home was to look out the window and saw... the Farmer Jack parking lot! They had taken the whole damaged section of wall out!

Hurried back to see how badly they messed up my new garden, but not a cement block in sight. Took some pictures. I'm glad I didn't have to call about the wall, but wished they'd waiting until after all this rain we are supposed to get the next four or five days. Why? Because now they can't put up the new one right away, and having the whole rear end of my yard open makes me nervous. Security concern! Security concern!!

Since I couldn't put down more grass seed, I transplanted two daylilies to the rear garden. I had decided that since it's so far to walk to view, at first I would just put in plants and flowering trees that could be seen from the patio. In order to do that right, it seemed to me I would have to put them so they could be seen between the various tree trunks and play structure legs that are between the patio and the rear garden. "Frame" them, so to speak. I won't tell you all the things that my friend said when I mentioned "framing" the new additions, but "You sound like one of those gay landscapers on TV" was one of them!

Anyway, got that done, then took the pansies out of the chair planters and put them in the front garden. Sprinkling a little harder, so went inside. Talked to my Mom on the phone for a bit, then went to make some dinner.

Reheated the last two pork chops and leftover mashed potatoes. Had to use up the Portobello mushrooms, so I made a sauce for the chops. Minced two shallots and six cloves of garlic, then sauted them. Added the mushrooms with some salt and pepper and cooked them down. Added a cup of red wine and reduced it by half. Then stirred in a tablespoon of butter. Made me forget that these were leftovers!

When I got up this morning, I checked the rain gauge. I got 1 3/4 inches of rain overnight! Walked towards the back until I could see if my new hose was still hanging up (Security concern! Security concern!) It was...