Parasol demi-lune

Now that the weather is getting nicer (we got up to over 21ºC, almost 70ºF, on Friday), we're using the deck a little more. We're still expecting the renovation work to get under way sometime this spring, so I haven't put the table and chairs out yet. But I'm grilling and enjoying sitting out there a little. And, I put out the new umbrella.

The new umbrella on the deck. Ken likes the way it matches the emerging red maple leaves.

Like I mentioned before, it's half an umbrella, or half-moon, made specially for balconies. I hoped it would work on our deck (which is not a balcony in the technical sense). It does, mostly. The umbrella is almost too tall, but I can work with that. And, although I originally wanted the green color, I find I like the red just fine.

A different angle, kind of distorted. The deck will need to be emptied before the workers start the renovation.

The good weather got us out into the yard yesterday. Ken did the first pass in the vegetable garden with the rototiller. I got last year's Jerusalem artichoke flower stems pulled out and did some weed killing in our driveway. I also transplanted some of the tomato seedlings into individual pots. They're still small, but they look good. They can't go into the ground for another month (frost danger), so they're enjoying the spa-like conditions in the green house for now. Photos to come.