Spring Sucks

Apologies for the shaded dark pics, but you get the idea :)

I already know that I am in the minority, but that doesn't change the fact that I seriously hate spring. With that said, I will list a few reasons why I think it sucks, and show you the beautification Joe and I did this morning.

Spring sucks because:
1. I get nose bleeds- never get them in the winter
2. I sneeze constantly and my nose is always running- spring super sucks this year since I'm preggers and my sinuses are super open so basically I'm just a bloody snot bucket right now.
3. Insects! It's unnatural to have more than 4 limbs and 2 eyes. Also, having your skeleton on the outside! WTF!
4. Sun and heat- most people love this, but I hate sweating, and the blinding rays.
Lastly: Birds! How about you stop waking me at 5 a.m. and find a mate already!!!

OK enough with my rant, onto the beautification. When we moved into our tiny abode there was a very lame  azalea hanging on for dear life and weeds that made up the front flower bed. It was very sad and I didn't care at all. That is until this spring happened. I started taking a look around at the neighbors and we looked like that unkempt house that everyone avoids, so I thought it was time to do something about that. I weeded and prepped old-school style. No tiller here, just pure sweat and muscles. I edged out the bed and made Joe take me on a 9 p.m. trip for flowers last night :). I'm gonna call it a non-food pregnancy craving. I just had to get flowers last night. I spent the better part of this morning transplanting our purchase while Joey attended to the yard.  I pretty much refuse to cut the grass or weed whack. I'm not even gonna come up with some lame defense, I hate doing it so I don't. I do clean the bathroom, however, so I think that's a fair trade. Joe did help with the mulching since I can't lift anything more than 5 lbs. That is starting to really become a pain in the A for sure.

The big issue we have with our front is a very large maple tree that shades our house magnificently. Hey, low electric bill! I had to do some research on what plants do best in almost full shade. I started getting a little discouraged because most plants that do well are just greenery - not many flowering plants. That's not fun at all! After visiting my local nursery, I found we could have some color after all. I settled on a bleeding heart, which I have always loved, so I was really stoked about that, impatiens, this super cute polka dot plant, and periwinkle. Unfortunately, the impatiens and the polka dot plants are annuals so we'll have to plant again next year, but my bleeding heart and periwinkle will last and last.

Even though I think spring sucks, I do have to say, I'm very happy with the results and hope these little baby plants thrive. I'm not so good at caring for flowering plants...... Here's hoping!


Cheers!

How we started. Lame little azalea......

Bland, bland, bland....

Nice finished bed- we'll be adding rocks as we find them :)

Tiny bleeding heart.

Cute little polka dot plan

Always stylish impatiens

Periwinkle, blooms coming soon

A closer look :)


P.S. I want to make clear, that my intention for the beautification is not to actually have people want to come over, but just like how it looks from the outside. Joe and I are terrible neighbors and would like to keep it that way :)