One warm day

After a week of unseasonably cold and dreary weather, we finally warmed up for just one day.   It wasn't a "nice" day; it was overcast with random rain showers and a blustery south wind, but compared to the previous week of sub-freezing temperatures and the constant threat of snow and sleet, it was wonderful.

As soon as the temperatures rose beyond 45 degrees, I headed out.  The first project was to free the garage containers and the orange tree from their blankets.  It was warm enough to drag the orange back outdoors.  Then, I pulled all the mulch back from the seed beds in the veggie garden.  It was good that I had strung some string over the planting lines or I wouldn't had had a clue as to where those seeds were located.

My family was pleased to send the plants back to the cold frame; they missed the kitchen table. 

The seeds that I had germinated indoors needed to be individually potted up so I moved to the potting table to separate and pot up baby plants.  This turned out to be a bit of a challenge.  When the wind is blowing at 15-20 mph, those little seedlings tended to blow right off the table before I could get them into their new containers. 

After lunch, I rewarded myself with some horse time.  By then, it was beginning to rain periodically but I scraped a little mud from Lily's coat and we rode around the pasture twice before the wind and rain sent us scurrying back to the barn. 

Last night the rain began in earnest and the forecast for this coming week is for rain and colder than normal temperatures.   I enjoyed my one, warm day.