Winter Clean Up and Inaugural Balls

The rain turned into sun and warm temperatures hitting the high 60's this week. This was a good excuse to work outside and ignore the inauguration. It was much better to immerse myself in chopping down last years ornamental grasses then watch the Dubbya and his Stepford wife on tv. I did peek in later in the day to catch a short bit of coverage on the Inaugural balls being held around Washington. It seems some Republican's, big donators to the cause, and for whom the balls were being held, (or tolled) were somewhat miffed when they discovered they had to pay for their drinks. Tsk, tsk. This on top of the price they paid for tickets. . . . With the big tax breaks they're getting from the present adminisration, they can afford to get soused.

I found the first Hellebores pushing their noses up through the winter mulch. Ahh, now this is a good thing.