Spring is here !


and its hot already!!I have once again, as I do every summer deserted my household duties.The clothes are piled up and dust has settled everywhere. I haven't cooked a meal in days. I will tell you what I have done though. I have dug and weeded and planted and spent way too much money on flowers.

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