SATURDAY Open House

We have no plans to be away from the house this weekend, so I decided to put up an "Open House" sign and have invited people (via Facebook) to stop by if they want a tour of the Bed & Breakfast.  We've already had a couple of groups come by and may have a booking for Sunday night.  The day is kinda dreary, with the sun shining and then going behind clouds off and on.  But the temperature is supposed to get close to 70 degrees.  There was a couple of storm cells that came through the Metro area last night, with 60 mph winds and "golf size hail", but we didn't get anything but rain (for which we are thankful) -- we seemed to be on the edge of the severe weather.  Oklahoma City had some serious damage though. The storm cells started in the northwest and went southeast and then over to Tulsa, according to the weatherman.  Of course, being in Oklahoma means that all TV shows were pre-empted for weather coverage wall-to-wall. 

Andy is hard at work on the outdoor fireplace and wood-burning oven.  COMING SOON -- The Oven at the Chaparral Retreat!  Our business plan is set  and Andy has ordered supplies to start building. He's taking it slow right now because of back pain, but he'll be working on it little by little over the next month.   I'm working on the menu and practicing some pizza dough recipes (in a regular oven for now). 

We've had a few things blooming, but we definitely lost all the buds on the red bud trees.They are starting to put out their leaves now.  We also lost all the flowers on the currant so I don't know if they will produce fruit or not -- there is a possibility that they will because they were in full bloom when the last freeze came through, but we'll just have to wait and see.   The creeping phlox is still in bloom. The ajuga is blooming, along with the henbit and grape hyacinth, so we have different shades of purple throughout the yard. I've seen a few buds on the spiderwort and a couple of iris buds.  Believe it or not, the few tulips I have in the ground are just now blooming!  I see summer phlox coming up along with the obedient plant and hostas. The rain has been good for the yard so we should start seeing more things greening up.  I have some cilantro, lettuce, and mesclun mix with arugula coming up.  I LOVE MY GARDENS!

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