Today I was informed by Gleek that there are poisonous butterflies that fly over our backyard and drop poisonous gray caterpillars. I think she is referring to the fuzzy gray caterpillarish things that drop from local aspen trees. At first I thought this was part of some game, but she appears to be very serious and terrified of these caterpillars. My efforts to allieviate her fears have been to no avail because she was told about this by the 7 year old neighbor boy who, obviously, knows more about caterpillars than any mom could ever know.
Today was also the day that Patches pointed to a yellow forsythia bush in full bloom and informed me that it is a dandelion tree. He was so pleased to see it and with his own description that I didn’t feel a need to correct it. Besides they do look like dandelion trees from a distance.
As you might have guessed we’ve been spending more time outdoors this week. I decided to finally tackle some of the gardening work rather than wandering around seeing how much there was to be done and feeling overwhelmed. Once I got out there and started working the job no longer seems impossible. The list of yard things I’d like to have done is endless, but then chore lists always seem that way. If I accomplished everything I want to do, my yard would look like something out of a gardening magazine. Not going to happen this year. This year I’ll be lucky if I can keep the vegetables alive.