Ah, spring in Michigan. Shirl, you and your green thumb have gotten me motivated to getting back into growing flowers again. Now that my fence project is done, I have this nice set of round fence braces on all ends and corners of the fence to play with. The front fence line in particular. Time for some bird houses and flower boxes out there
Debating on whether to start from seed or get flowers when they come in shortly and keep them inside till safe to put out and leave out, which is usually after Memorial Day here. Our last frost/freeze date is around then. NWS says it’s looking above normal from mid May to early summer this year, so might get some bonus time this year. Ya never know. The big box stores and places here always wind up getting their flowers in about this time of year and then they all have to keep them inside because it’s too cold to set them out in the garden centers Then they have to try to keep them alive until they can put them out. It’s not unusual to be in be shopping and have to navigate the aisles with multi shelves of flowers sitting in them, especially in Lowes and Home Depot. Reading posts about the Jetson’s yesterday, got me thinking too, about how much of science fiction and other things we watched as kids, has become reality now. One can only wonder what will be in the future even after we are gone.
Judy, all the issues with your pump makes me wonder if something in the electrical system is making them short out. I do know and I know you do as well, that when hooked up to full hookups a lot, one needs to exercise the pump to keep seals and such from drying out and pump operating properly.
BJ, hope Pippa gets to feeling better. That is one shot I have never given my dogs as ai have no plans to board them. Looks like you need to be taking Pippa outdoors more often to do potty and eventually she will get the hang of it. I start my dogs right after I get them as pups and they have housebroken fast. Karen, Molly was like Emma, I kept her in her pen area at night but during the day she was out in the house, and I kept and eye on her, made sure she got out to potty during the day, zumpteen times. After about Maybe three weeks of pen and potty pads at night, she hated that pen and would cry to be let out. Finally I took it down and she was fine from then on. Slept in her bed all night.
Sun’s trying to come out. Might go to town and start gathering the flower stuff.. Need to make the flower boxes to mount on the fence and then then can set plastic ones inside them. So first thing will be getting those and the lumber, brackets etc. Things happen fasta with the warm temps. Lawn tractor to put battery in and start up for season, some debris piles to move in back yard here, running dethacher over the yard to loosen up the ground and get the grass growing, removal of the rest of the little stubs, roots etc. in the new fenced area. Always lots of chores when spring kicks in. But I love it.
I love the little guy dearly, but school is so good for him - they have so many activities & he is growing by leaps & bounds there.
Trying to walk to the store with a list & coming out with only what's on the list - yeah, right! 
