Going back to work so I can rest

I’ve been on vacation for a week and a half and my body is ready to go back to work where it can rest.
These past 10 days I’ve put in two flower gardens, went to work on my mom’s flower garden for Mother’s Day, did yoga, got a bunch of stuff sorted to take to an auction and rode my horse. Having a desk job as an editor for 21 years means I’m not in the best physical shape for hard physical labor. The flower gardens especially were a lot of work. Hopefully, now I can come home in the evenings and relax in my new glider and watch all the bees, butterflies and birds my flowers should attract. I just spent an hour rearranging all the bird feeders so I could see them all from the glider. Someone better show up and start eating or I’m going to be very disappointed.
I made one of the flower gardens a wildlife habitat, or at least as much of a habitat as I can make in the midst of a housing development. We have a big magnolia tree in the front yard with lots of branches. I planted all around it with shade-loving plants and hung two bird feeders, two suet feeders, a feeder for peanut butter, a hummingbird feeder and one hanging bird bath. Another bird bath is off to the side.
The other flower garden is by the driveway and is full of hostas, daylilies and irises. It is also home to a butterfly bush and a plant that is just for humming birds. I forget what it’s called, but it has nice bell shaped flowers. This flower garden also has a small pottery birdbath that I’ve had for five years and have just been waiting for a home for it. See, it does pay to be a pack rat!
I’ve had a hard time sorting things to take to the auction for that very reason. I keep thinking I might need these things some day! But, something has to go. I have more boxes of stuff than will fit in the storage barn and for some reason, Curt actually thinks you are supposed to park a vehicle in the garage rather than fill it with antiques and collectibles and just plain neat stuff. Hopefully, the stuff I’m taking to the auction will at least pay for the new glider, the new porch furniture I want to get (I should say the new Old porch furniture I want to get) and all the plants, mulch, decorative fencing and all those new bird feeders. Not to mention I’m off to a big antique show this coming weekend and will probably find more things I need to buy.