Easter Gardening Attempt 2: Sore Hands

The storm passed, I picked up everyone else from home, we picked up some supper in town, and now back to work.

Yesterday, by the way, we stopped to help Dad move the fridge back into place and there was much crying from the girls because:
A. We weren't staying to play.
B. We weren't staying to see Grandma and Grandpa.
And this is the most important, apparently:
C. We hadn't gotten food at McDonalds to eat at the new house, which we had done ONE time a couple weeks ago, but it's now the thing we "always" do.

After yesterday's mini-break down, we made plans to do a special fun meal tonight. Here are Emmy and Gweny, using a table set up that Adam came up with. Box table, tub lid table cloth, paint can chairs.

The girls love eating like this, and Agatha laughs when someone leans on the table top and knocks everything down. We don't really think it's funny, but we're also the ones cleaning up crumbs. Well, mostly Adam picks up. Okay, fine. Just Adam.

I've been just clearing away husks today. I'll load them up and haul them away tomorrow. After several hours of raking, it looks a little like I've parted the corn husk river. Let my garden go!

  

 This garden is still mostly covered, but what is exposed is looking good. I've picked a little bit at the iris bed, which was my intended priority, but it's not exploding in green quite like this one has.

And over on the side of the house, I found a few flowers in bloom! I've done a little work over here, but the rose bush is very discouraging.

 Actually, between the paper cuts and slivers from the corn husks and all the scratches from the rose bushes, I need to buy leather gloves before I can work tomorrow. My hand are really sore, and I haven't even been able to get out all of those darn little slivers. There's one in my thumb that is especially unpleasant.

So what have the girls been doing while I've been working outside? Playing rubber ducks, of course. And arguing about the new carpet square/swimming pool that both Pandy and one of Gwen's ducks want to use at the same exact time, but Pandy says she doesn't want to share. Gwen has the square in this picture. Pandy appears to be content with the view. I hope that Pandy is okay with sharing next time. Hear that, Emmy?