Busy Day

Good morning, my friends. There wasn't a minute to waste yesterday if I was to get everything done. After writing my post, I headed straight to my slow-stitching. (Priorities, people.) And then I went outside to check on things there. My first stop was the greenhouse. With so many seedlings in pots, I'm checking the water daily. There, I was happy to discover sprouts in two of the three zinnia pots.

Also, the poppies are large enough now that I think it's safe to plant them in their permanent barrel outside the greenhouse.

We're planning to do that today, but we'll also have to erect some sort of fencing to keep the squirrels from digging around in the soil.

Back inside, I took a walk on the treadmill and then did a little housework. It was after lunch time when I was able to get to my quilting. I had just an hour to spare before I needed to leave for PT, and I spent about 45 minutes quilting Block 3 for the Merry, Merry Snowmen.

There are just two blocks to go. I left it needle down in Block 2, and there should be plenty of time for that today.

When I arrived home from PT, I checked on the peonies again. It was a warm (not hot) day, and so the Joker peony was about half open. I expect we'll see this open all the way today.

Also, I marveled at the Lavender Whisper peony. 

It's flowers are monsters!

The bumblebees and other bugs are loving them.

Back inside, I found some cats enjoying the afternoon sunshine, double-decker style.

It was a dramatic sunrise this morning, and the start of another busy day.

As I've mentioned, Mike is scheduled for his first cataract surgery tomorrow. We don't yet have an arrival time for that, but we're expecting them to call today. His post-op visit will be Thursday. (The second eye won't be until mid-June.) And with those two appointments, it seemed like today was the best day to do our grocery shopping. We'll do that first, and then we'll work on the poppies. I expect to get back to my sewing sometime this afternoon.

So, if there's time in the morning tomorrow, I'll be back for our morning chat as usual. If we need to be there at the butt crack of dawn, then probably not until the afternoon, if at all. We're not expecting any surprises, but sometimes these things take longer than expected. All of that to say that blog-wise, I'll be playing it by ear tomorrow and Thursday. If you don't hear from me sooner, then for sure I'll be back on Friday. Until then...carry on, my friends.