Renewal
I can't believe it's been almost a month since my last post! Life happens (kids' birthdays, taking classes at NYU, taking the boys to Paris for a few days). This being springtime (supposedly) it's time for renewal so let me get this blog going again! As you know we moved here in November so I've been focusing on all of the work inside the house. It's been a lot of work, gone are the easy days of apartment living. Now that Spring is almost here I've noticed that there is also a lot of work to be done outside! Yeap, I've been slowly discovering my new backyard. What I discovered were a lot of dead plants and weeds. I have grand visions of blooming cherry blossoms and roses so I decided to get to work. Armed with my apartment-bonsai-gardening kit I went to tackle the weeds and dried up plants that needed to be trimmed. It took me a whole afternoon to trim a couple of bushes and my hands were covered in bloody scratches! Needless to say that I promptly we