#TheSundayPost Goal This Week: Mason Bee Open House

 

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Happy Daylight Savings Time to everyone who lost an hour!  On the plus side it will be daylight longer today!  We here in Chicagoland had glorious weather on Saturday but it has now taken a turn for the worse --but still not too bad. I mean we have had some very wintery Marches around these parts.  Once it warms up later this week, I've tasked the Hubs with hanging up our new Mason Bee House!  

Keep your fingers crossed that there are some Mason bees in our area looking for new digs. Mason bees are excellent pollinators so it would be great to have some nearby that can pollinate my garden plants this year.  Over the last few years, I've had bad luck getting my pepper plants pollinated! 

How was your week?  The most interesting thing I did was canvassing for a couple local candidates.  An election for many local offices- ie Township Clerk, Mayor, School Board, etc. is coming up on April 6th so there is less than a month to go. I'm glad I am able to volunteer to help candidates I support and it's a great way to get those steps in! 

Did you do anything interesting this week? 

You can see my reviews from last week here: 

The Disappearance of Emily

First in my #seriesinamonth - A Princess in Theory

Fairy Godmothers, Inc.

(exciting news- I've scored the NetGalley ARC of book 2 in the Fairy Godmothers, Inc. series! 

Upcoming this week I'll be sharing my thoughts on these books:

Thanks for stopping by! 

One Of My Projects For 2020

One way for me to find joy in everyday life is having projects. What is more fun than a To-Do List?  Not much I tell you!  To that end, this year we are working on making our backyard into a great place to hang out, and even more importantly a great place for pollinators to hang out!

On Saturday, The Man and I went to Conex (Conservation Expo) and we picked up info on getting a Mason Bee Box. So that's on my master to-do list for March and then in April, we are going to get a rain barrel, May for Mother's Day I want another raised bed to double our garden.  My plan is one raised bed for veggies and one for herbs.

Then for the people,  we need three things:  1. a hammock, 2. twinkly lights and 3. one of those pop-up pools.  I have decided 2020 is the year of backyard paradise!

Also the year of old lady pool parties, every Friday this summer my backyard BYOT (bring your own towel).

At the Conex we picked up a Rosemary plant in a cute crochet planter, right now it's keeping the crocuses company and when The Man gets around to putting together my baker's rack. The bakers rack is part of my future coffee station.  The coffee station is my winter Pinterest project--stay tuned there will be pictures.