As many of y'all know, Sal is in Australia (for both happy and sad, family and friend reasons). So it is up to me to fill people in on what's been happening. It was a snowier winter this time round compared to our previous two winters here. You can see the results. Snow in Durham is interesting for 24 hours but because it is usually only 5 cm deep it turns to mud quickly. The dog then tracks dirt into the house. This is what it looks like for the first 24 hours.
A lot of snow can be fun, though. I went up to Canada for a few days to visit Chris before he went home to Perth after being in Vancouver at the Uni of BC. We had a blast.
Winter is over in North Carolina now and spring is on its way in. All the trees are putting on new leaves and the flowers are starting to come out.
It is finally warm enough to get out and do yard work. A few weekends ago we helped a friend of ours from the SEEDS garden erect a yard for her new puppy. Sal was recovering from a cold so I put up the fence whilst she entertained our friends partners baby.
We've finally got into our garden as well. We decided to buy a huge load of compost to build up our garden beds. There aren't any pictures of the gardens yet, but as a substitute here are some pictures of us in the front garden with our friend Pia.
And in regards to gardens, I have been roped in to helping set up a community garden at a local church. This afternoon some of the other community garden members and I pegged out the new garden beds.
Spring is of course fire-lighting weather..., so our front door neighbor, Todd, and I lit a fire last night. Below is picture of Todd's wife, Kristin, showing disapproval.
And finally, my new job is going well. We are gearing up for the sweetpotato planting season, as you can see.
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