Chuckles and Chortles

Happy Monday, my blogging pals! How is everyone doing? What have you been up to? How are things going? What's keeping you busy these days? Share, share, share... Oh, by the way... Is anyone using Bloglovin'? I was but I finally ditched it. There were one too many times lately that it wouldn't work and I couldn't see your blog posts. I have now moved on to Feedly. Anyone using that?

Our Sunday was very quiet but our Saturday wasn't. In the evening, we attended a small outdoor house party hosted by a friend of a friend. We hung out on the deck all night long and had a really nice time. There was a lot of food, drinks, music and laughter. And the weather was just perfect! We got home around midnight, which is late for us these days!

Outdoor projects are keeping us busy. Weeding, planting, watering, planting, planting, planting... I am determined to fill up our flower beds this year. Here is one area that we worked on a couple of weeks ago. We're going to eventually add more tiles and extend this section, but for now, it's a decent start. The plants are still young but they will grow quickly and those pots will fill up in no time! I do all my garden work early in the morning because the side of our house faces south and by late morning the entire yard is flooded with sun, which is great for the plants but not so great for the humans. Baby tree is doing wonderfully! We've had a good amount of rain, which we're so grateful for. It'll keep the ground moist while the roots are growing and settling in. And we gave our little variegated maple a name. Ready? Here it is...drumroll... Eva! The way Wall-E pronounces it. Eeeeeva. Have you seen that animated film? The name is actually Eve in the movie but we decided on Eva the way Wall-E says it; much more fun. Here is a glimpse of Eeeeeva.
The image doesn't do her justice. She is much prettier in person with her lovely variegated leaves. And now that we've discovered how much joy this little tree has brought into our lives, we'll be adding two more as fast as we can. It's a nice day as I write this and we'll likely head out this afternoon to the garden center where we picked up Eva from to order two more trees.

Speaking of garden centers, I'll be popping over to one this morning before I head outside to do yard work. So...I will leave you now with these funny images. Enjoy and have an amazing week ahead!