Is There An Award For This???

I've seen lots of awards being passed around in Blogland, but is there an award for Stupidity?  If not, I'm gonna make one and give it to myself, cause I deserve it.  Yesterday in the sweltering heat I had a not-as-rare-as-you-might-think stupid attack and decided to spend 8 straight hours (minus half-hour for lunch) working in the yard.

(My pride and joy Weeping Cherry Tree.  Don't know why they're called weeping, she looks pretty happy to me!)

In a burst of energy that my 40-year-old body is now hating me for, I cleaned the crud out of all of the flower beds.

I have lots of 'em too.  Two in front - the one above is where I plant my impatiens.  Just cannot wait to plant them - guess you could say I'm impatient!  Chirp, chirp.  Here in S. Jersey, you really can't plant flowers until May.  Mother's Day is the rule of green thumb.

This is the side of my house where my perennials bloom all Summer long in between those big shrubs.

Like this one here, just starting out for the season.

On the other side are these Azaleas that we planted at least 10 years ago.  Ya think it's time for a change?  They are looking a little lot shabby.

By late afternoon the front and sides of my house were looking pretty good.

My house even looked happy again.

That would have been a good place to stop and call it a day..........

"If I only had a brain".

Why stop there?  So I headed out back, ignoring the throbbing pain in my lower back and blisters on my hands.  Twelve trips back and forth with a loaded wheel barrow will do that to ya.

Here are my planters all cleaned up and waiting to be filled up with lots and lots of color!

I'll be scouring the yard sales for something nice to put on this table.  There is one chair missing here.  That's because it sits all the way in the back at the Chloe memorial, where Mallory goes every day after school to talk to her.

My daylillies popping up.  Over to the right is my Climbing Hydrangea that climbs, but doesn't produce any flowers.  They say it could take up to two years.  This year is five I've been waiting....growing more impatient!

Some hostas creeping out of the ground.  Did you know that these are almost impossible to kill??  I trashed these last year from another spot in the yard and do you know I found them behind the shed yesterday starting to bloom?  So I did the unsensible thing in all of my pain and planted them in a couple bare spots.

My beloved rock garden.  She doesn't look like much now, but in a couple months she looks gorgeous.  That's my hot tub in the background.  Sure wish she was working last night!!!

My mother and father gave us this Lilac bush last year for our anniversary.  When she blooms the fragrance is unbelievable.  That's why I planted her next to my back window.

See that miniature birdbath?  I got her last week at an auction for $20.

Anywhoodle, I finished up by 7 p.m. at which point my toenails and fingernails were encrusted with dirt, and the bottoms of my feet were a nice shade of black.  A hot shower never felt so good.  Used up all the soap too.

Today I can't feel anything from the waist down and I'm slightly hungover from the two cold ones I treated myself to after my shower.  Yep, only two.  I told you I was 40 people!

So all that's left to do now is some mulching, planting, mowing, sodding, seeding.......maybe tomorrow.