Blossoming Inside and Outside!

Yes, the kitchen is blossoming into its final form and the apple trees in my neighbor's orchard are in bloom as well.   There has been a big construction delay because the electrician expected to do the project has failed to start at all.  The crew installing the cabinets and doing all the other tasks have done a great job working around this problem. It will not be ready by Memorial Day for sure but I might get lucky and have a sink at least and the cook top in place and functioning. The granite countertop by the window is to be installed on Thursday the 26th and the plumber and gas company are to come on Friday to finish the install of the sink and cook top.  If onl;y the electricity work was done as well so the hood fan, lights and dishwasher on that wall also worked for the weekend!

No new ceiling lights are in place yet, of course so the ceiling and the floor refinishing has to be delayed as well.  Hence the project will certainly linger on well into June.  But I love the look and am anxious to make some rhubarb pies from the rapidly growing rhubarb. In early June the first of the strawberries will be ready for jam making and the canning season will begin.  A functioning kitchen better happen fast!

The weather here has been cold, rainy and endlessly cloudy with minimal moments of any sunshine.  Hence any seed planting has triggered few emerging signs of growth. We really need some sun and heat!  No late frost or flooding as in past years but really no better gardening results with the weather we did receive. I continue to do what I can with wood cutting, weeding and garden bed preparations but yearn to just be planting seeds and veggie plants and watching them grow.