It’s hard to type. Even my fingers ache.

We’ve had April showers this year, but they didn’t bring May flowers . . . at least not to my house. So I was left with buying blooms and planting them myself.

All day I carried, I dug, I bent. Closest thing to exercise I’ve had in who knows when.

I can’t claim to have done a perfect job, but I’m happy with the results. Think how proud I’d be if I’d raised them from seeds!

Now I just have to water and fertilize as needed. Geraniums, snapdragons, sunpatiens (a new sun-friendly version of impatiens) in a variety of colors are all now officially planted in my front yard, where they’ll get afternoon sun.

Let’s hope they live long enough to make it all worthwhile.

If I can still move, next week I hit the backyard, which I’ll have to fill with flowers that can thrive with morning-only sun.

Let’s hope I live to tell about it.

HOW ABOUT YOU, HAVE YOU PLANTED ANYTHING THIS YEAR? IF SO, WHAT? A FREE COPY OF MY DEBUT NOVEL, MRS. GOODFELLER WILL BE RANDOMLY AWARDED TO ONE PERSON WHO LEAVES A COMMENT BELOW BEFORE THE NEXT WRITERSPACE BLOG IS POSTED.

Jaycie Cash blogs on a regular basis for Writerspace.com. Her debut novel, Mrs. Goodfeller, is available through most major e-Book outlets, including Amazon and Barnes and Noble. She’d love for you to like her Facebook Author page.

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