Spring is in the air over here for sure.  

Up at 1:30A this morning and outside to see the sky. Very much South wind and fast moving clouds.  Hmmmmmm To the garage to check on the Wagon and remove a few front end bugs from yesterdays travels. 

Did take my gals,   Wife and Dee ( sis in law ) on a ride to Holly Beach, walk in the sand and water. Then off to Port Arthur Memorial Park.  Wish I would of taken pics at the beach but didn't think we'd get to the water line so left the camera in the wagon. Sigh! 

But did do some pics at the PA Park. 

Then came Monday and some attention to plants near the garage. They tell me Spring is arriving. 

The flowers just starting to appear on the Dew Berry vines that were cut to the ground a few years ago. Coming back for sure. 

The fig tree in the back yard starting to sprout big time. 

Oh the ever present kumquat tree that I need to get all of them off for this coming season. 

Onions been in bloom for about a week now. 

And last but very much loving is the little satsuma tree and was all but dead after last years hard freeze. 

Starting to flower.  

Wishing all a great ending of March for sure. 

 Wow! Over a month has past and yes, the temperatures are getting more to my liking. Love it when I see near 10C / 50F out there in the early morning waiting on Old Sol to get to our horizon. 

What has happened this way in the last month and a half? 

Did do a rebottling on the Satsuma wine and added a little anti acid power and honey a week ago. Starting to taste pretty good. The samples I've given to people still like the last Mulberry/blueberry batch over this one so far. But, we working on it. 

Next would be the new garden set up I've been working on for a few weeks. Tore down the old 4 X 8 foot enclosures that we've been using for the last 20 or so years. And build at stand up garden set up. 

The above picture is the 3 sections with the old 2 X 8 lumber removed. 

Then out of that lumber,  built these two box setups with some old roofing metal as a bottle with drainage. 

Then came these 30 gallon drums from a local flying service which I cut in half long ways and washed all the chemicals out of. 

And the 1st wooden stand set up for the drums. Only had enuff wood for 2 of them. 

Then 155 bucks worth of 2 X 4  treated lumber for the stands. As I had used up all the old lumber from the box set up. 

And now, All set up in the back yard for me and da wife. Had decided that the 1st two made from the old wood were too low so made them stand a bit higher for the new ones.  

And, Da Wife is a Happy Lady!  Me too. ;-) 

Next thing on the menu for the present times was getting a notice that the lawnmower I had ordered was finally in and would call me the next day when ready for pick up.  

Oh heck,  better make sure my old trailer I had bought in 1998 for use with my '98 Buick Century was working.  I had cleaned and painted and new wheels and tires a few years ago but had not hooked up to the present vehicle to see if the lights worked. 

And NO THEY DID NOT! 

So just tore all the wiring off and built a new harness , tested to make sure the right wire went to the right light and the plug matched the plugs output on the Traverse and after a few hours,  Success! 

So the next day was ready when received the call and off the Thib's I went. Did get the lawnmower home and practice cut for adjustments, cleaned and put in the garage till the next time the grass needs cutting. 

Now, that section of the garage re arranged for now. Oh yes, all the t-shirts hanging are from my 90's to early '10's travels about our country via motorcycles. 

So, that about catches up on the last 1.5 months. Till the next > Bring on warm weather and gardening. ;-)