I had to scrape frost off my car's windshield this morning. Frost in May? What's up with that, Spring?
Our single beautiful weekend in April gave way to a meh May, whose early days featured something like 10 straight days of rain. April showers bring...May showers? Not quite as exciting as May flowers, though we have seen some of those. Last summer, we cut off the worst-looking part of an ailing shrub in front of our house before giving up on it for good, and it turned out to be a lilac...tree? bush? Since my gardening skills are limited to hacking off dead parts, I can't be expected to know.
The chipmunks that live under our porch, surely promising signs of more warmth to come, are back. The chipmunks and we have reached an uneasy peace agreement. They ignore that we don't want them around while eating our bird seed and our neighbors' tomatoes, and we try to forget that they're rodents. I continue to feel guilty for the war that we waged on them a couple summers back and am grateful that chipmunks aren't as vindictive as crows. Live and let live is my new motto for fauna.
The makeover for our back porch is complete, for this summer, anyway. The makeover, which we dreamed up while eating a late lunch at a Florentine cafe, brings a little more green into our outdoor living. We had the pleasure of enjoying an al fresco breakfast this weekend amid our greenery and I was pleasantly reminded of how much I enjoy our deck. I keep meaning to take pictures but am waiting for the perfect conditions, including having grass in our backyard. It's been dug up and replanted so many times that we're wary that this planting will stick, but apparently it's under warranty. Who knew that grass seed had warranties?
It's been a typical unimpressive spring in New England, but there is hope. Summer unofficially starts this weekend with Memorial Day. Meteorological summer's start is soon afterwards, on June 1, and global-positioning (whatever, you know what I mean) summer starts on June 21. Whenever she decides to arrive, summer will be welcome in our house.
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