June 3, 2008...Cut all the flower remnants off of the lilac bushes to make sure I have pleanty of buds next year. I can’t believe they have come & gone already! My bush beans & sunflowers are getting bigger by the day. Had to apply slug & snail bait around the flowers & veggies. The SOB’s are eating the leaves off of the marigolds I planted out front of the house! Cut the lawn aging this past weekend. Found out I have a hernia yesterday, so I’m not sure I can continue my running. Will see Dr. on the 16th, but I don’t want to wait that long! ARGH!!!

May 24, 2008...Walking around the yard this AM after my 2 mile run/walk, I noticed my azalias are in full bloom as well as the lilacs. Also this week my beach roses (rosa rugosa), are starting to open it’s flowers. Last week my dear wife & I planted romain lettuce, dusty miller, different color gerainiums, a mini rose & hybiscus plant she got for Mothers Day and some white & purple allysm. Also transplanted some beesbalm that was getting crowded in. No sign of the bush beans or sunflower seeds I planted 2 weeks ago. The flowers on the Bradford tree are all gone, just leaves now but the phlox underneath it is in full bloom. The tomatoes are looking healthy as well as the wild grape vines on the side of the garge. The lawn which has been mowed twice this season is looking wonderful all green& thick since putting on some "weed & feed" & NO dandilions!

 April 30th 2008...After 2 days of a good rain, my tulips are blooming as well as the blue Phlox under the Bradford Pear Tree, (still no blossoms on the daffodills). The lilac flowers are getting bigger every day. Great new growth on the climbing roses, and the perannuals are growing fantastic too. Mowed my lawn this past Sat. for 4 the 1st time. 

  April 15th 2008...My Forsythia, Bradford Flowering Pear tree, and my Lt. Purple Rhododendron PJM are in bloom. The lilacs have a lot of buds on them. Disapointed that my daffodills didn’t bloom at all this spring, just a lot of green leaves. I must of "trimmed" the leaves off too early last spring so the nutrients didn’t go back in to the bulbs so they would flower this spring :( ! Learn by the burn!

My dear wife & I went into Boston to meet my son. He was there for the weekend to attend an 3 day anime convention.  The weather was clear, but cold. Not a cloud in the sky. We got off at the State Street "T" station and walked over to his hotel, then all 3 of us walked back to the Colonial Theatre to see the play, "Avenue Q". If you haven’t seen this play yet I highly recommend it. Check out some of the clips from the play on YouTube.

http://youtube.com/results?search_query=Avenue+Q&search_type

I hope all of you that celebrate this holy day had a Happy Easter & those that don’t had a nice day also.