Yesterday was warm enough to work comfortably in the back
yard and I got the doggy excavations filled in and a lot of
leaves bagged. There was something about being out of doors
that made me feel much less gloomy.

The promise of spring always lifts my spirits. I think that
I probably lost my hydrangeas but everything else made it
just fine. I mulched heavily and the rosemary never froze
and neither did the Dusty Miller. The Pampas Grass stayed
mostly green too. I am looking forward now to getting new
plants, and rearranging the living room. My neighbor gave
me a lot of Cockscomb seeds and I am trying to find a sunny
place for them. They are beautiful dried.

I did a lot of cooking for Bobby, at his request and was glad
to be able to do something that made the nausea from chemo
less severe. He can only have very bland, high carb foods.