Transplanted

I've got my office set up

Looking out front our first morning
with azaleas framed by red maples

Looking out back our first morning
with the sun rising over the pond

I've been taking a lot of pictures and imagining lots of blog posts in my mind but this brief installment is all I can manage for now.

Unpacking a house full of boxes has taken a lot of valuable time away from my gardening aspirations. I manage to weed a few minutes a day. Actually, I'm compulsive and can't help myself. With all this acreage, there's a boundless supply of weeds to feed my habit. But there's been little time to do much else. This weekend, I dug up a small patch of beautiful soil to plant herbs and lettuce with a border of morning glories and sweet peas to grow up the fence.

Today, after 2 1/2 weeks here I managed to plant the iris rhizomes that I brought with me from Boulder. We'll see how they do (3 months since I dug them up). They are very resilient and I hope they will surprise me and send up some flowers this summer. Actually, I hope I can revive as well. This moving stuff is really overwhelming.

This is such a beautiful place and my surroundings fill me with joy whenever I step out and look around.

Another early morning photo with
the sun sparkling on the pond

A tranquil bench view of the pond