Monday

It took me many hours to get motivated this morning.  Once I finally pushed myself out the door I got busy and seldom took breaks.  And yet I feel like I didn't accomplish much.  I've decided that weeding is super important but it is hard to see progress.  Moving dirt is hard and is a good upper body exercise-which I need.  Since my FitBit isn't working I used the app Map My Run while I gardened.  Turns out I walked over two miles today in the almost six hours that I tracked.  I'm downloading a free step counting app for my phone.  The one I have on there now only has me active for 25 minutes today which is not accurate.  

There are things since we moved here that have not been pulled as weeds.  Some I still think I should, but others are proving to be flowers, so I am glad I waited.  One of the plants I was going to pull turns out to be yellow foxglove.  It is pretty.  It is confirmed that some plants in the front yard are butterfly weed.  The flowers have just started to open and I look forward to seeing more bloom.  The common milkweed is blooming now.  I'm going to try to collect the seeds of this and spread them in the back where there is just all the slash.  The common milkweed is the Monarch butterfly's preferred plant for laying eggs.  Flowers are my happy for today.

Buttercup

Yellow Foxglove.

Butterfly weed

Common Milkweed

Sunset

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