Not that I'm complaining, but...

Does it seem to anyone else like it's been raining for two weeks straight?   I sure haven't gotten anything done in a while, outdoors.  Mowed the grass once or twice, but that's about it.

I still haven't planted the mint or the Mandvilla I brought home two weeks ago;  the vine is fine, but the mint is really not happy in its little plastic pot.

All the rain - not just lately; it's rained at least once a week all year so far! - sure has done wonders for the lawn in the backyard.  The whole thing is green and fluffy, and there's only one bare spot left, and it looks like it's growing in fast.  Yay!

TO-DO:

• plant the mint in the east side yard near the foundation.  
• Plant the Mandevilla in the corner of the front garden so that it can grow up the post and the downspout. 
• Prune ALL the trees, front and back, before it gets too hot.  Not big pruning, which is best done in the Winter while trees are dormant; just removal of a couple of branches that are dragging, and suckers growing up from the base of a couple of them. 

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