What better way to ring in the Celtic season of Beltane than with the arrival of new finned folks? Former guests Shelley and Dave down in Cottonwood found themselves needing to rehome their two koi and one Plecostomus and were gracious enough to think of us – yay! Dave had the perfect net and set about wrestling the three of our charges into our transporting cooler.
In all of my well over 60 years of actively being a dirt-digging girl, I have never succeeded in having a violet root from a leaf in water . . . very frustrating. Until NOW when just on a lark I placed 6 broken leaves in a small glass of water and hoped for the best.
Not wanting to lose momentum and the grace of the fair weather, we forged ahead correcting the design flaw in the back of one set of chairs that caused the back cushion to escape the moment someone sat down.
With the delivery to Mike and Katie of all our new fabric, we decided to launch into painting prep on the millions of pieces of outside furniture – scraping and sanding is paramount and the Captain is replacing all the rubber padding on the glass-topped tables.
Our fervent expectations notwithstanding, the Youngster over the upper pond again wasn’t in the mood to bloom prolifically this year although against the backdrop of the resplendent Lady Banks and her arbor, the cherry tree, the colors painted a complimentary juxtaposition of colors against a cornflower blue sky.
With no regard for our recent cold snap, the raised veggie beds, critters, divas, sprites, 4-leggeds, and little green youngsters are everywhere to be found right now.
Our latest project gives a new definition to a ‘mommy make-over’ and while it will take us several months to finalize, we believe our guests deserve an updated look and feel for summer relaxing in the gardens.
Even the Buddha says the gifts of spring are ‘making him float with happiness!’ and Jasper is chowing down in prep for another March surprise.
In the last 4-5 days spring has simply exploded on our Coconut Island in The Sky and it seems to have begun with Joshua replanting the raised beds that, as you know, are devoted to veggies.
