Happy dance! A blue poppy opened today. I think all the sunshine is helping. It's weird how slowly some things, especially the shrubs, are coming back though. I've been digging things up that look dead but their roots appear healthy, so I'm transplanting them to places that might have better soil or growing conditions. Who knows.
We are working steadily on the garage. Finished the front today and started wrapping the siding around one side, as you can see here. Thank god the back is metal all the way up because there is a lot of cutting and notching on this board and batten stuff and working with all the angles on the front side has twisted my brain into knots. We have a good system going. Bob is working from the lower roof now and calls out the measurements, then I do the cutting and hand the pieces up so he doesn't have to climb up and down. Anyway, the garage is looking good and will be totally beautiful when the wood dries and can be oiled.
Hoopie, snoozing in her favorite spot on the back porch. She stays here all evening watching the road, listening to the birds, close enough to hear what is going on in the cabin. She sure has lots of gray hair these days.
