Neighbors

Here's a picture of our "shared garden" that Woody and the neighbors worked so hard on while I was gone. They had railroad ties delivered and then Nathan moved them using a dolley! Hopefully his back is ok! Then at a later time Nathan and a friend brought in a couple pickup truck loads of soil to fill in behind the railroad ties. This garden has always sloped down to the ground and in hard rains soil, mulch and plants get washed out into the street. They transplanted the plants that we had already growing in the garden and got rid of a few that we had been wanting to get rid of and then mulched it all. Nathan and the kids repaired the birdhouses...the girls repainted them too. There are already blue birds living in the birdhouses. The hope is that eventually we will have creeping flox spilling over the railroad ties...time will tell! We're waiting for Melany and family to come and give us some more hints about what this garden needs. These pictures show how close our houses are...not many can say that they live this close to their children and grandchildren! It has been really chilly here today...just in the 50's with quite a brisk wind. I'm feeling the weather change...I'm not moving very fast today. This morning I walked around the yard with Woody to see all the work that he and the neighbors had done while I was away...lots...everything is looking good! Woody picked up some sticks that had come down in the last rain. Then he went to the church to hand back in the extra packets that he had left over after all his visits around town. Then he went to the library and ran a few errands. I cooked corned beef and cabbage...we'll have it on April 17th rather than March 17th! So dinner is all cooked for tomorrow. One of our friends brought taco soup and fixings for supper tonight...enough for lunch tomorrow...and I had an email from friends who are bringing supper on Monday...looks like we are all set for eating for a while! I ran a couple of errands today and have started to unpack. Woody has read, watched basketball, rested his eyes, and watched a bit of TV this afternoon and evening.