March Madness...

The ground cover is all so perky from all the water.

Here it is March 31st already. March was a busy, rainy month around these parts. I found a few random photos I thought I'd share. One of the upshots of the rain is the ground cover around the house is so pretty and the moss grows like crazy on the bricks and along the road side by our mailbox.

The moss is that electric, apple green that is always so beautiful in the spring. The rising water table keeps everything very healthy looking all summer with the help of the automatic sprinklers.


A few weeks ago we had some rather large storms roll through and one of them knocked over a tree in our front yard. The tree was kind of a wispy one, and was probably about 20 feet tall. It seemed little by comparison to some in this yard, but it was a lot of work for Jim.

Jim loves getting out the power tools!

I am so thankful it wasn't a really large branch off one of the big trees though. There are times when those giant trees really scare me when that old wind starts to blow. We have always been blessed during the storms, but it can be a worrisome bother. The trees all have such intricate roots systems that are intertwined, but the branches can crack and fall. We have been very blessed in that department, thank heavens. We know of several people that had much larger trees fall in these storms.

I wish I had thought to take some pictures early in the clean up process. Poor Jim was out in the pouring rain trying to get it all cleaned up. Here he is just cutting up the last of it. He is such a hard worker, I love that. And I do get a kick out of his Little Boo Peep hat!


I took these picture through my office window so he was unaware. He cut up some of the trunk of the tree for his mom's little family room fireplace. He is a very thoughtful son and takes good care of her every need! On top of all the work he does for her he spends a couple hours with her, mother and son one on one time, every single Monday. I would love to have that kind of time with Chris. What a blessing for her.

Hiking up the driveway to put the tools
away and clean up. He still doesn't
know I am taking his photos through the window.

He finally saw me and cracked a little smile.
He loves it when I take pictures of him working.
Love the Grampa scruff,
it is very early in the morning at this point in the day!
It is quite a good thing that I did not
turn the camera on myself!