Friday Frustration

So today, I'm posting on behalf of my sister, Jeanne. I feel her frustration!

Last week, there were all kinds of storms and tornadoes in St. Louis. Jeanne had finished all of her gradening chores--getting everything ready for the Memorial Day party she's having tomorrow. Having just done this myself, I knew how much work was involved. 

She was all ready, flowers planted, patio cleaned, everything looking good. Then this happened.

That's a lot of hail and tender plant destruction. Once the hail melted she was left with this:

She had to wait until the rain dried up before they could get it all cleaned up. She said that many of her flowers were destroyed and blooms lost. Ugh!

I feel her pain. It takes so much work to keep everything looking good. And, her garden is beautiful. It's so frustrating! 

On a happier note, Mitchell was here yesterday. I hired him to pressure wash our patio and pool deck. It's a lot. I certainly wasn't going to be involved doing it and I didn't want Butch to wreck his back. It's a job for a youngster!

It took just about all day--he had to take 2 breaks to log in to two one hour lectures for school. And, it was like Grand Central around here. The pool people were here and our lawn people were here. There was so much going on all at the same time--and the noise of all the different equipment--pressure washer, leaf blower, pool vacuum--it was sooo much!

Anyway, it's all done and I am so happy.

Everything looks so fresh and clean--at least for a little while!

My brother told me I should get rid of the pond. But, I love it. I've always liked a water feature. Once it's cleaned out for the season, it's fairly easy to maintain. We had 6 fish survive the winter. We'll add more soon. 

Now I just have to hope that the girl next door that I'm hiring to keep everything watered when we're gone the week after next--does a good job. I'm counting on it. I'll really be frustrated if she doesn't! 

P.S. So we were having happy hour yesterday. All of a sudden Butch said, "There's a snake!" Sure enough, it went in to the pool shed or behind the pond. I don't like snakes so I'm kinda' freaking out. We'll see. He said that due to the cleaning, we've probably disrupted its regular place.