the pull of perennials

ok, so i had every intention yesterday of lounging about til noon in my pajamas......but by 10:00 i could feel the pull of perennials.....i wasn't sure where they were for sale, but i was certain if i called around i could find them....i first tried durham's in stanford.....a nursery/whatnot place that i have frequented these many years....'no, this is a bit early for us...check back the end of april'.......huh....rather than making more calls i opted to head toward lowe's...i hadn't been there in months....and with a sheltered plant area that store might feel more secure with perishable plants.....not that perennials are perishable....but we have not yet reached the frost-free date......and so by 10:20 i was scurrying for a trolley to load up....lowe's had just that morning recieved a goldmine shipment of decently priced perennials.......coreopsis in a variety different from mine, a black columbine, foxglove (large and not completely bloomed out)......palace purple coral bells, yellow primula, pinks, wallflowers, yellow snapdragons.....clematis for the rose trellis.....it goes without saying that i spent more than i ought.....but the day was perfect for planting, with the rain early on...and it was also a perfect time to transplant some shooting stars from the woodlot (what we call our property outside of the fence)....there is already a blooming shooting star under the pear tree and i opted to move a few similar plants in the same bed to make a nicer showing.....my rule is that i can dig up wildflowers that are in the path and risk destruction by virtue of their poor location...i found 6 that fit in that exemption category...they were easily dug with the fork given the moist ground......the only thing missing from my planting day was snakes.....i did make plenty of noise as a way to warn the serpents to go elsewhere.....but at no time during my forays in and out of the yard did i see a sunning snake.....the weather was warm enough to have triggered the urge for snakes to come out from under their rocks.......i do not like snakes, but i feel that all is well with my microcosm when snakes and amphibians are present and healthy........today i shall continue to look for signs of snakes......i must admit that i had also intended to clean my house in anticipation of my guest.....however, i did know that she was herself at home cleaning her own house in anticipation of her bunko party later in the evening.....and i decided that 2 women cleaning houses in the same general area might just tip the cosmic balance with disastrous results.....so i worked in my yard instead.......just doing my part for world peace........