Spring was almost here... but winter's BACK!

Thank goodness I have a warm place I can enjoy, 'cause days like this, spring one day and winter the next, helps me know why I do what I do.



Some people have pets, like a dog. You know, the kind you have to go out and feed, water and clean up after. Then there's the daily, take the talk for a walk... I don't have a pet, a dog at least, but I do have a greenhouse. If you ever think about getting a greenhouse, just be aware that it's a lot like a pet. You have to go check on the flowers in the morning, water them, take off the vent cover, unlike the auto-opening window, kill a few snails eating your precious Petunias which cost 16 cents a seed and whatever duties may be in store. As the day goes on, a gentle phone call to your sweet wife to remind her to check on the flowers during her short lunch, making sure they aren't over-heating on a sunny day. When you arrive home you must re-check the greenhouse, making sure the windows are shut and vent is covered, especially when nights still get really cold. Occassionally, you find equipment failures, like a $50 inline thermostat switch, which must be replaced so the temperature remains satisfactory for the little ones. After supper, a return trip to transplant some seedlings whose secondary leaves have developed sufficiently to enable moving to a bigger home, a 6-pack. This 'watering the dog' process repeats itself over and over again, while others are doing their hobbies. As vacations and trips come up, once again it's the 'pet' that makes it hard to do things. Someone must be there to water, transplant, close vents, open vents and just manage the operation. Why I have a pet is a big question, but it keeps me busy and out of trouble.