MARCH!

WELL, IT WAS NEITHER LION NOR LAMB. 

ONE METEOROLOGIST SAID MARCH CAME IN LIKE "FROZEN MUTTON". THAT MAY BE THE CASE, BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVING A SNOWFALL WARNING. A PREDICTED 20 CM OF SNOW (THAT MEANS 8" FOR THOSE OF US WHO UNDERSTAND INCHES!) 

MORE SHOVELING! 

AND WE JUST HAD A NICE CLEAR SIDEWALK AND MANY OF THE MAIN ROADS WERE CLEAR DOWN TO THE PAVEMENT. 

THE FUN THING ABOUT DRIVING IN WINNIPEG AFTER THE WINTER SNOW DISAPPEARS IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH LANE YOU ARE IN. 

YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY COULD PAINT LINES ON THE ROADS THAT WOULD MAKE IT THROUGH A WINTER! AFTER ALL, THE SHUTTLE CAME BACK FROM SPACE STILL WHITE!!! WAS THAT PAINT THEY USED?

IN ADDITION TO ARM CHAIR GARDENING, I HAVE BEEN PUTTERING WITH MY SUCCULENTS AND CACTUS. I HAVE MANY THAT DO NOT OVER WINTER IN OUR ZONE 3. BUT RATHER THAN BUYING NEW ONES EVERY SPRING, I PLUNK THEM INTO A TERRACOTTA TRAY OR POT AND BRING THEM IN. IT IS TIME TO REPOT SOME OF THEM SO THEY GET ESTABLISHED.

THE CACTUS ABOVE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF A NEW HOME. WE'LL SEE WHERE I FIND TO USE THEM.

SOME OF MY FAVOURITE SUCCULENTS - THE FLAPJACKS, RED GLO, AND KIWI. I AM GLAD I DUG THOSE OUT OF THE GROUND AND BROUGHT THEM IN. MY TIP TOP DID NOT SURVIVE, UNLESS I FIND A LITTLE OFF SHOOT SOMEPLACE.

 THE TRAY ABOVE IS IN NEED OF TRANSPLANTING AS WELL. IT HAD A BIRD HOUSE WITH IT AND WAS STANDING ON A PEDESTAL. THE BIRD HOUSE WAS A GIFT FROM THE GRANDSONS - THEY HELPED DADDY BUILD IT AS A SPECIAL GIFT FOR ME.

 WOW, THE PLANTS HAVE REALLY GROWN SINCE LAST JULY. I WILL NEED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE BIRD HOUSE!

 I ENJOY ADDING GREEN ONIONS, DILL AND PARSLEY TO MY SALADS SO I DECIDED TO TRY STARTING SOME INSIDE. THE DILL IS LOOKING GOOD. ONION AND PARSLEY ARE STARTING. I WILL TRY A CUCUMBER AND TOMATO NEXT WEEK! 

WHY NOT, I HAVE THE SEEDS!

MY BEGONIA WERE GROWING IN MY PANTRY SO I DECIDED TO BRING THEM UP AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED. I HAVE NEVER HAD MUCH LUCK STARTING THE TUBERS. I THINK I ALWAYS OVER WATERED THEM. WE'LL SEE WHAT I BROUGHT IN LAST FALL!

THIS CACTUS GROUPING WAS PLANTED WHEN LORI WAS IN PIONEER GIRL'S CLUB. A PROJECT FOR ONE OF THE BADGES. 

THE POT IS ONE I MADE IN MY TRIAL RUN AT POTTERY. I HAVE A FEW SAMPLES OF THINGS I MANAGED TO THROW! THE PROBLEM WAS THE POTTERS WHEEL WAS NOT ELECTRIC AND MY LEGS WOULD NOT DO THE JOB! 

I GUESS I HAD LEG PROBLEMS 35 YEARS AGO ALREADY!

AND MORE PUZZLES. AN EASY ONE - 500 PIECES - AFTER WORKING ON THE PANDA ONE FOR DAYS! 

 BLACK IS NOT BLACK AND WHITE IS NOT WHITE! 

WHAT A PROJECT, BUT I DID NOT GIVE UP!