Now that health concerns have ceased to be, well, concerning, I can get back to doing the things I want to do and need to do. In the want to do category, I've been pulling out dandelions and wild onions. I made a huge amount of progress last year and really don't see that many of either one out there any more. Violets are another story and a cause for another year. In other gardening matters, my daffodils, hyacinths, vinca, pansies and a few other things I wish I'd labelled are blooming. The tulips are coming soon, as is the creeping phlox.

The yard would look nicer though, if my husband had mowed the winter rye back in January when it first started needing it. Now it looks like we're trying to raise a crop of rye. I hear from my sources that it will get mowed this weekend. Otherwise, I think I'll have to report us as a codes violation to get things moving along.

Inside the house, we're doing okay with projects although with only slightly over a month to go until the home tour, I think we may be doomed. The morning room is finished and returned to order -- or at least it's normal chaos. Photos will follow eventually. We've also painted the wall between the kitchen and the morning room and the wall going up the stairs. We have one more kitchen wall to paint, which I think I may start this evening. That still leaves the dining room, hallway, upstairs bath and one bedroom to paint. Not to mention cleaning inside and out, and general maintanence and upkeep. Are we crazy? You bet.