City:
Finally a good day for yard work - dry and neither too hot nor too cool! Managed to replace a couple supports for the clematis. Still need two more good ones. Weeded flower beds and cut the grass with kitchen scissors! It was too long for the push mower which needs oiling anyway. I forgot the scythe in the country. There is not a great deal of grass but most of it is trimmed. Will try to finish in the morning. My back got tired! Rake, shovel and fork are in the country so on list to bring back so I can finish tidying up. Need to trim back more Virginia creeper! The flowers and rhubarb are doing well. Still hoping for reno this summer so a row of stella d'oro will need to be moved. May be room for some of the pepper plants I started also. Might have to move the small herb bed too- sage, oregano and one lavender; the other lavender and the thyme died this winter. Guess they took umbrage at being under 2 feet of snow.

Also cleaned up a section of the K that was bugging me and did two loads of laundry. Wanted to use the "umbrella" dryer but the tube for it to sit in has disappeared. Guess it will not happen this year. If all goes well - does it ever??? - a part of the back yard will become a sun room during the reno, she says hopefully.

Also deleted lots of emails, signed a few petitions, phoned a woman in Ontario re raccoons and read half a novel. Triaged more stuff to take to country to clear the house of non-essentials. A very good day!