Dublin, GA: Signs of Spring

Good Afternoon All. A cool, sunny, windy day in Dublin, GA. This past week, the signs of spring were in full bloom. The Dogwood and Bradford Pear trees are in bloom, even the weeping willow tree in Stubbs Park is bursting out its green leaves. There are bee mounds all over the yard. They are starting to come out of hibernation. Come to think of it, those may be fire ant mounds. Fire ants here in middle GA are very aggressive.
Just nasty critters. I am looking forward to getting in the yard before it gets too hot.

Spring cleaning is in full swing. The kitchen is completely cleaned. It smells like Pinesol on the floor. A good thing. Went to our local home improvement store and bought a much needed freezer to store food and ICE in. Ice cold drinks will come in handy very soon as the weather will turn hot quickly. Spring is short in Dublin or Georgia for that matter. John racked the backyard of the leaves from last season by hand. It was too windy today to finish racking so he will finish another day. One day, we WILL get a riding lawn mower to mulch the grass and leaves. It won't be a 'Grasshopper' like my dad had on the farm to mow around the house but I will settle for a little riding lawn mower. Our leaf blower is about gone. We got it from a garage sale. Oh the supplies and equipment we need to keep our house and yard in good shape. John does not mind racking the leaves now nor do I, but was we get older, it will become more difficult physically. The tree directly behind John is our 300 year old cedar tree. Check out the trunk. Just to his left or to the right in the picture is part of the oldest graveyard in Dublin so you can get some perspective how close we are to it. That is where the dogs like to run and play. The church next door took down the fence in front of the graveyard. I presume a replacement fence will be going back up sometime in the near future.

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