why even bother with a forecast if they're always wrong.

Good morning.
Can you frickin believe it?
Friday morning, the NWS forecast for Sunday was sunny and 69.
By Saturday morning, they changed it to mostly sunny with a 20% chance of rain.
By Sunday morning, it had changed to mostly cloudy with a 50% chance of rain.
Well, it rained nearly all day!
How can someone get paid so well, for basically frickin guessing?
Anyway, after returning home from cleaning the Salon, I spent the early morning making another batch of wings.

Spiced Rum barbecue sauce on the left, and Light Italian dressing on the right.
And since we appear to finally be staying above freezing, I un-winterized the mo-ho.
So as of right now, (knocks on wood) all systems are functioning.   :-)
And since I couldn't work in the yard, I spent a good part of the day restocking the mo-ho. Water, pop, cleaning supplies, kitchen condiments and spices and bathroom supplies. We like to have everything we need in the mo-ho, so on each trip, it's mainly just taking food and clothes.
I did manage to get a few spring pics of the yard.

Some cute little spring flowers that will be done and gone when this space is filled later with hostas.

So spring has finally arrived in mid-Michigan!

looking good!

Good morning.
As expected, it's been a very busy week in the salon, as I worked late yesterday, and have a full day today.
 It appears winter has given it's last breath.  Finally!
After snow flurries Thursday, It's warming up nicely and should be in the upper 60's all weekend.   :-)
And the long range forecast is looking good too. Finally!
So after work today, I expect to have another productive weekend. I'm planning to finally un-winterize the mo-ho, and finish restocking it, as we shall soon begin a new RV season.   :-)
And with that, time to get going.
Have a great weekend!

2 nice days in a row?

Good morning.
We've managed to get nearly 2 nice days in a row!
Yesterday was cloudy, but remained dry for most of the day, and temps hovered near 60.   :-)
I managed to finish downsizing the flower bed behind the house.

Transplanted the daffodils from the front to the back, and hauled up 6 wheelbarrows of black dirt from my compost areas. The perennials in the front, (Toad lilies and Japanese anemones) were dug up and turned over. Couldn't risk trying to save them due to the invasive ground cover that has consumed the area.
Now the bed will be mainly hostas, with shrubs. An Azalea at this end, a Contorted Filbert next to the air conditioner, a weeping Japanese Maple at the other end with 3 Lewisa's under neath, and Golden Barberry under the bedroom windows.

And you can see the daffodils are finally blooming. At least the ones near the house. Out in the yard, they are just about ready to open, though they may take a while as this weeks temps are diving back into the 40's and 50's. Today it's currently 34 out and a high expected of only 46. But it is forecast to return to normal temps, (60's) by the weekend.

And with all the rain we've had, the grass has greened up real nice.
I also managed to get out in the pond and thin the Pickerel Rush and water lilies. As pretty as the Pickerel Rush is, it spreads like crazy! At least in  my pond. I have to take out 2/3 each year to keep in under control or it would quickly consume the entire pond!
So a productive weekend! And with the rain and cold weather's return, at least I'll be back to work. And it looks like a pretty good week.
Now time to get going.

One nice day

Good morning.
Finally, a beautiful spring day!
Temps hovered around 60. It was sunny. It was non windy.
It was beautiful!
I took full advantage of the one day.
I washed the mo-ho, and started downsizing another flower bed.

This one is right behind the house. Runs the entire length, from the deck to the corner of the back.
This bed consisted of mainly hostas near the house with other shade loving perennials near the front.
The bed got infested with a mutant form of a ground cover that's commonly called around here, Bishop's Weed. The garden variety has light green and cream variegated leaves. The mutated form that is quickly spreading throughout the bed has medium solid green leaves and grows twice as tall.
I thought of just nuking the entire bed, but I'd like to save the hostas, especially the giant Blue Angel. So I thought I'd remove everything but the bushes and Hostas, and see how it goes.
I won't be able to reseed the area for awhile since grass needs 70's to germinate well, and that could be a long time coming the way our spring is going.
But spring does creep along, and here's a few pics to prove it...

A Burgundy Hellebore and my very large pink Hellebore.

And a very cute tiny Rip Van Winkle Daffodil.

And rain is forecast for this afternoon, so I'm going to try to get some things done this morning.
So gotta go.

Spring c-r-e-e-p-s slowly forward.

Good morning.
It was a busy week in the Salon.
It got all the way up to 39 on Saturday. Our normal high should be 60.  :-\
Sunday reached 48. I did do some yard work and started restocking the mo-ho.
It's suppose to get up to 63 today, before falling back into the 50's later this week. If so, I'll wash the mo-ho.
We've had a very cold March and April. 
At least, yesterday was dry, and today should be also.
We've had 6.7 inches of rain this month so far. Our entire April average is 3.42.
It's suppose to rain again tomorrow.
No daffodil pics yet. They are all laying on the ground after our bitter cold weekend. If milder weather ever stays, they'll perk back up.
I did get a pic of these on Friday....

Dwarf Dutch Iris. Only about 5 inches tall.
 And that's my morning update.