old bones, old bones....

ok, so.....i spent most of my freebie good friday day off shoveling dirt, sifting through dirt for rocks, wheelbarrowing dirt, dumping dirt, raking dirt in the empty ruts that dot my yard, and repeating the above mentioned motions 15 times before my body gave out.....i have another 20 or so loads to go before the yard can be reseeded.....and thankfully i am driving my middle child to the airport this morning, so i am under no pressure to get outdoors at this very moment to begin again.....the combination of drought and torrential rains have pockmarked our meager lawn to the point that the gaping holes could be seen from space......i am taking this project as an opportunity to plot out other gardening moves.....expanding the middle bed, connecting the brick walks with a short......well....connector.....and when i get all that done i can lay down my five 75-foot seep hoses.....i received an oak-leaf hydrangea in the mail yesterday.....a plant i ordered last fall and wondered about.....i have to move a rose into the new bed before i can nestle the hydrangea into the curve of the walk.....lots to do.....and i would feel better about it if my back was not in pain, and my upper arms not so sore....