10 on the 10th: 10 Things I May do in May
It's time for the 10 on the 10th link up with Marsha and this month she's asked us to list 10 things we can and/or may do in May.
1. May is typically the time of year we CAN begin planting flowers and getting pots ready. I'm holding off until Memorial day weekend just in case we still have some cold frost-filled nights.
2. We CAN (sometimes!) eat outside now that May has arrived. We MAY have done that earlier this week for an early Mother's day lunch with my mom.
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| And, no we did not plan our matching pink outfits. |
3. I CAN finally enjoy some flowers blooming around the yard! (these are the only 3 plants blooming right now but I see buds and greenery on all the others too).
4. I CAN walk down the road to see my mom; the campground opens May first and while my parents haven't moved in just yet by the end of the month my mom will be at the campground most days and I love popping in to visit on my way back from picking up the mail.
5. We CAN go get ice cream now that all the local ice cream stand have opened up for the season. We MAY have already gotten a scoop or two.
Other things I MAY do now that it's May:
1. My husband and I MAY make it out for a dinner date one night this month-- in fact I MAY make reservations to go back to Asados since our last meal there was incredible.
2. I MAY go out on a few more hikes if our weather will cooperate!
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| We squeezed in a hike yesterday! |
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| It was a bit cool and windy still but everything was finally looking nice and lush and green! |
3. I MAY try to make another painting or play around with my calligraphy set; I really want to get better at being more intentional about making time to create.
4. I MAY repaint our railings with another coat of black paint; I've seen some rust creeping in but it's such a big job I'm just not sure I want to tackle that yet. (at least I repainted the dock and the front stoop)
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| When I was just starting... I forgot to take a photo of it all finished |
5. I MAY get to eat at Alec's school's restaurant one more time before the shut it down to begin cleaning up for the summer but I won't know for sure until he's back in his culinary classes next week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed though!
Linking up with: Spread the Kindness,
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May sounds like a wonderful month! I couldn't wait to plant and did all my pots yesterday!
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Thank you! I am so glad we've held off; we had lots of hail and cold weather this week and so many people I know are scrambling to bring their plants inside.
DeleteSuch a great month isn't it? Bring on spring and my favorite time of the year!
ReplyDeleteI love spring and summer!
DeleteFun format for some ¨May¨be´s- love it! Your blooms are so pretty! Mother´s Day is considered the safe date to wait to plant annuals and veggies around here. I threw caution to the wind (after consulting the extended forecast), and did some planting last weekend.
ReplyDeleteThankfully I did not... in fact I just turned on the heat (again!). We are still flipping back and forth between heat and a/c.
DeleteLove this post! I love eating outside so much! Sometimes we can do that in April, but for sure in May!
ReplyDeleteThank you! May can still be iffy for outside eating but at least we get some of those warm sunny days.
DeleteI know you are so glad to finally see signs of spring in your area with the plants and are able to be outside more with a coat! Such a cute post.
ReplyDeleteFor sure! BUT, it looks like we're going to have another little cold snap this weekend... then maybe it will warm up for good?
DeleteCan you believe May is a third of the way over? And it already feels like summer here...
ReplyDeleteTime is really flying by!
DeleteThat ice cream looks great.
ReplyDeleteIt really hit the spot on a hot day.
DeleteYay for MAY.
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I love all the possibilities it brings!
DeleteEating outside is just the best- especially after a long winter cooped up indoors!
ReplyDeleteI was just commenting this on Marsha's blog- but I'm excited to go plant/flower shopping and get out in the gardens asap!
Hope you have a great weekend!
-Ashley
Le Stylo Rouge
I love going plant and flower shopping... but I always way over buy and have to scrounge around for more planters than I had intended. It's a great problem to have.
DeleteI have been planting but have all the plants in the mini greenhouse, I am waiting a couple more weeks to plant things in the ground. I don't trust our weather.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely that you can just walk down the road to see your mom and I hope you get to eat out at Alec's school before the summer.
I don't trust our weather either! LOL
DeleteThat ice cream looks delicious! We have been taking advantage of eating on our patio when the weather cooperates. It's nice to do it before the bugs get too bad!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteIt is so great to see the colorful blooms emerge in the spring. Happy Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Happy Mother's day to you too!
DeleteI am so excited for ice-cream season. There is a little red barn that sells only ice-cream and only in the nice weather. There are so many fun flavours. That might just be an activity for this weekend.
ReplyDeleteOh me too! I love ice-cream season.
DeleteI love how you May do these things!
ReplyDeleteI may be painting my patio doors😜
Xoxo
Jodie
Thank you! Good luck getting them painted.
DeleteDinner al fresco is my absolute favorite. We have a table outside, but also one on the screened porch we can use if the weather isn't great. We have had so much spring rain. We even had some hail this week! Happy Mother's Day to you!
ReplyDeleteWe had hail all around us this week, but it just missed us. I was so thankful too because the hail was quite large.
DeleteJoanne, you are so artistic. Even your food is pretty! Your weather sounds about like ours in Prescott. It is just now getting warm enough to plant flowers. My neighbor and I just planted our pots last week, and we've been babying them a little through windstorms and low night temps. Hope you have a wonderful rest of your May. :)
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you!
DeleteJoanne,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by!! I too will be waiting until close to Memorial Day to plant any annuals in my pots...Have a wonderful Mother's Day!!
Hugs,
Deb
Debbie-Dabble blog
Happy Mother's day to you too Debbie.
DeleteThe fresh green on your hike looks lovely and the food and ice cream look delicious. Thank you for your weekend coffee share.
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DeleteOh, I hope you do, indeed, make those dinner reservations because that food looks delicious. And, even more, I hope you are able to eat, one last time, at Alec's school restaurant. Loved all of these answers, Joanne! Thanks for linking up!
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Thank you!
DeleteWe usually wait until Mother's Day to plant flowers, but my husband convinced me that the news weather man said no more frost haha!
ReplyDeleteIt was 38 when I woke up this morning... so the threat of frost is definitely not quite over yet.
DeleteSounds like you are enjoying May!
ReplyDeleteI sure am!
DeleteI sure enjoy eating outside. And I like the matching pink, planned or not! May you have a wonderful Mother's Day.
ReplyDeleteTake care and best wishes.
Thank you!
DeleteThese sound like great plans for the upcoming month! So glad your weather's getting better.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteWe never plant in Chicago until Mother's Day weekend because of the weather. I'm so excited for outdoor dining season too!
ReplyDeleteJill - Doused in Pink
Yeah we've had snow on Mother's day before so we always hold off too.
DeleteSounds like the makings of a great month. Hope several of those "may" things will be "can" things!:)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteJoanne, I enjoyed your 10 things you may do in May. -I started going on more hikes in the morning and it feels great! Enjoy this month, and thank you for sharing with us at The Crazy Little Lovebirds link party #37.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Hiking does feel great; doesn't it?
DeleteThat ice cream is so tasty looking!!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteThis was a fun prompt!! We're usually able to pot all of our flowers and plants in April, but I had to wait until the end of April this year because it stayed colder much longer this year!
ReplyDeleteYeah spring really has not wanted to arrive this year; it just keeps teasing us and retreating.
DeleteI enjoyed your answers. Those flowers are so pretty
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteOh I love this post. How fun! And yes to flowers and ice cream.
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you!
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