Odds and Ends

Today it's raining, and I don't mind a bit. It was only this weekend that the last bit of snow melted from the north side of the house, and yesterday's 80 degrees seemed a little premature.

I do feel greedy for Spring to arrive fully arrive though. There are buds on lots of the trees, but no leaves, and I'm ready to be surrounded by green again.

Notice Pepper attempting a photo bomb from the left, but I was too fast.  Hah!

There's plenty of green popping up though. I don't remember what much of it is, but I'm extraordinarily grateful that the previous owners were kind enough to plant plenty of perennials that they assured me needed minimum care.

I just raked out the beds, and I try to keep el doggo from tearing too much of it up.

This is the butterfly garden in the front, which has grown up lots this week.  Pepper does have a penchant for tearing up a fernlike thing here. 

On another subject, I've always endeavored to keep my house a glitter-free zone--as in, no glitter crafting. I just don't like finding glitter weeks, months, years later.

Unfortunately, there was a cache of it in a box of crafting supplies I picked up at a garage sale last fall, and Anna discovered this weekend when I was out.

Some bits on her floor...

When Anna crafts, she spreads out on her floor. I have swept, vacuumed, etc, but the glitter is everywhere.

bane of my life

I'll likely be finding errant sparkles twenty years from now.

Anna doesn't know that I hate glitter. The battle was already lost when I discovered her awash in the stuff. She had put some of it on the top of her head. I didn't ask why. A little more comes out with each shampoo. And she was being creative and independent--both traits that I encourage as much as possible. 

So I didn't scold, and we didn't have time to do a big clean up at the time.

And I was the one who brought the wretched stuff into our home.

So, if you need a little extra sparkle in your life and are in the Fort Wayne area, come and sit on a couch, go to the bathroom, or if you want lots of sparkle, go and hang out in Anna's room for a minute or so. I'm trying to stay sparkle free, but just noticed a stray on my right forearm...