Just around the corner

I hope everyone had an eventful Valentine's whether it was with a spouse, partner or family members. One radio station we listen to was playing all love songs for 3 days before and another station we came across was playing songs about how love stinks....that was their theme! Yesterday was Family Day and I was off for the day. Sounds like this new holiday is catching on...lots of families doing fun activities together. We went swimming and the pool was packed! I told the kids that we were cleaning together "as a family" (they didn't think that was a fun family activity) and then we'd go swimming! It worked wonderful...talk about good motivation! :) We got pizza for supper and played a rousing game of Clue. I never win this game...I keep asking for the same things! Oh well, it's still fun seeing the kids work at figuring who did it. Anyway, enough about me. I'm back to work today and had fun opening boxes of new plants that came this morning. Euphorbia, trailing petunia, and Tuberous Begonia. These will most likely be planted into hanging baskets. Another batch of plants will come later and those will be planted into pots. Kevin placed an order for Hibiscus and Mandevilla plants. They will arrive late April fully grown and in bloom so if you're looking for something tropical for your pool deck, these will look perfect! Hibiscus and Mandevilla can be brought inside in the fall but might not look quite as lovely as they did outside but with some special care and patience, they should live through the winter in your home. It's not too late to plan your garden for the spring. There's lots of magazines and books out there with information and pictures so I encourage you to research and think ahead. Spring is just around the corner! (maybe I just feel this way because of where I work but it really isn't that far away!) If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. Anne Bradstreet