The yard is greening up and the dandelions are beginning to bloom. I mowed the lawn for the first time this season. The deer did a fine job of fertilizing it over the winter.

The strawberry plants are beginning to flower. All the runners from last year have rooted and the berry bed has doubled in size.

The potatoes, onions and scarlet runner beans are planted. I was tempted to buy the bedding plants already but am glad that I didn't. There have been a couple nights where the temperature dipped below freezing and things were pretty frosty.

I had three, one cubic yard bags of compost, mulch and gravel delivered last week. The bag of gravel was the last to be distributed in the yard. That was an all day project but it got done yesterday. I got all the yard work done so my days off later in the week could be used for trail time.

I hunted through my files for photos of moms/babes and found a few in tribute of Mother's Day. I hope all the mamas out there had a great day.