Lilac

I took this photo before the cool-down and rain of the past few days. The flowers are now way past their prime. This is what they looked like a week or so ago. It's been so chilly that I've built brief fires in the wood stove the last two days. Brrr. I hope things warm up soon.

Our every-other-year lilac is having its "on" year this year.

We're making progress on emptying the old chest freezer. We're down to a single layer of UFOs in the bottom. I dare say we're within a week of emptying the darned thing and unplugging it. Then it can defrost, and we'll clean it up before moving it into the garage. We plan to use it as a storage bin until we can put it out for collection. Our refuse company normally picks up bulky items, but they suspended that service during the pandemic. We have a bunch of stuff waiting in the garage.