Happy Tuesday!

 It's a little overcast and looks like we might

get a little rain...

They are forecasting some, but it's always 

hit or miss...

This morning I got the tomatoes and peppers

in the raised bed in the backyard.

Yes, our grass looks sad in that part of the yard.

It's never grown well there.

Last summer we seeded it.

TWICE.

And it still looked like that.

So I kind of gave up.

The rest of the yard isn't too bad.

While chatting with Mom on the phone,

I took a walk down the alley.

Here are the big yellow bearded iris...

just growing wild.

And the neighbor's peony bush LOADED with buds. 

Another neighbor's iris are just getting started.

Our rhubarb bolted, but it turned out to be green rhubarb.

so I don't plan to harvest it anyway.

I'll buy some red ones next year for our new yard.

(The bed behind it is planted in green beans...

just waiting for them to start popping up!)

Our heritage roses behind the garage are also

covered in buds!

These are the BEST smelling roses!

I'm excited to see them come back this spring.

(Our rose I planted out front is dead as a doornail...)

The bush under our bedroom window is going nuts too!

These are pretty, but don't have much smell...

They are all mixed in with another bush but I wasn't

brave enough to prune it back.

So it's just messy, but should be pretty anyway.

Anyhow.

I'm sure enjoying SPRING!

Kyle is heading into town in a bit for our

Tuesday grocery shopping.

(He and Bear had their inaugural sleep there last night...)

We have a LIST of stuff he needs for his house.

(Like a garbage can, throw rugs, and a rice cooker...)

We got an official "no" from the local bank yesterday.

But he said he spoke with the other loan board members

and while it was "our of our wheelhouse", they thought

it was a great project and were very encouraging

that another larger bank would be happy to snap it up.

So Jim and I will be carpet bombing all the Kansas

banks this week with our proposal.

SOMEBODY is going to see the potential.

I have faith.

(And lots of prayers.)

Time for breakfast.

Happy Tuesday!