Yard Work

I spent my off day building a retaining wall for GeckoGirl's garden. Let's do some math. We got 116 bricks from Home Depot, at 24 lbs/brick. We also picked up three cubic yards of dirt that's approximately 3,000 lbs or 1.5 tons per cubic yard. Pulling out a calculator That's (116x24) + (3x3000) = 11,784 lbs. Or just under 6 tons. Needless to say, my back was absolutely KILLING me!!! I did have assistance from someone who had no clue of what was awaiting him. All weekend, I was walking around like a NEANDERTHAL. I definitely had to clean out the hot tub for some muscle relaxation. But it was worth it. Wall looks nice. Will build one for the trees when it stops raining. I can't complain though, it was less bricks & dirt than I used for my yard.

Speaking of which, my tulips are blossiming, and I'm very excited. I took a picture of it yesterday. Unfortunately, the sun was setting. As you can see below, I don't pick my colors too wisely. Purple tulips with orange Marigolds. Mom would be proud to see her alma mater's colors. After the first set of tulips blossom, I'm expecting some pink tulips to do their thing. Then I should have a third set to sprout too. We'll see what happens. What do you think? I'll take a better, sunnier picture later.