Life is Such a Strange Adventure and Pictures from First Part of May

I put shorts on today for the first time this Spring.  One day I'm scrounging to find thick, heavy sweatpants, the next I'm flinging those aside in 80+ temps for thin lounge pants...and this afternoon, for a pair of shorts.

The lake has come up, my dock ramp was a good distance out in the water.  Fished it out but the wheel is coming off of the ramp again, so I had to call my neighbor to ask for help.  He's such a good friend, he came right away and fixed it.  As long as the wheels are on it I can move it by myself...otherwise, no.

Saw my first little hummingbird today, a little female.  They just make me smile, it eases my heart to hear their distinctive buzz that alerts you to them being nearby.  My Peonies are in full bloom and are lush this year.  "First they sleep, then they creep, then they leap".  Everything here--trees, shrubs, flowering plants--I planted as bare root balls or twigs.  They take my breath away with how big and strong so many of them have grown over the last 18 years.  And, yes, so have the multitude of weeds and tangle, but I just see the beauty in the midst of the jungle.  :)

There is so much that needs to be done here, both inside and out.  So many things left to fall into disrepair over the years that R was sick.  Had a contractor come out last week to see about fixing the windows in the west end of the house, and my roof is leaking with a sizeable leak into my bedroom ceiling.  He indicated he could fix them, but I haven't heard back from him as to when.  They are calling for rain again tomorrow, and I'm tired of worrying about those damn windows and the leaking roof.  I need them fixed sooner rather than later.

The weather the last few days has been gorgeous---80 deg. and sunny.  I just heard on the weather that we are in for a hot, climate-change Summer.  Going from heavy sweatpants to thinnest of thin lounge pants and shorts.