I worked in the yard for most of the day.  It is supposed to rain tonight and I wanted all my plants in their rightful beds.  The sun was so hot this afternoon that I had to remove the hotcaps from my raised gardens.  The cucumber plants loved it underneath the caps so much that they have already sprouted their second leaves.

The first perennials are blooming in one of the front flowerbeds.  I took stock of what's growing and what's not.  There are only two ornamental grasses that have not sprouted yet.  Everything else is greening up nicely.

I have a log bridge ordered.  It will fit perfectly over the dry creek bed in the front of the house.  I can't wait to pick it up.  Until then, the old table top will make do as a make-shift bridge.

Rather than heading to the trails tonight, I opted to stay at home and light a bonfire.  Can't get enough of my favorite aromatherapy.  I could sit by a campfire and smell woodsmoke everyday.  

The neighbor's cat decided that he had to join me.  It must have been the sizzling smokies that I was roasting that lured him to hang out around the fire pit.  Soon after he finished his snack, I found him drinking from the bird bath.  What bird is going to come and splash in there now that the cat found the water?

Tomorrow is going to be a fun day.  I haven't had a weekend off since the end of March.  I'm taking advantage of this one by picking up my little sleepover pals tomorrow.  I think a picnic and a fun day at the playground is in order.