Ya got work to do.

It's 80 degrees at 11:30 after a day in the mid 90s.  I sat out for a bit in the cool evening breeze and looked at the hazy sky with it's brightest starts peaking at me.  The moon was all but set and I think that was completed while I gazed at the heavens.  The neighbors huge orange light is obnoxious, but it is a fact of life.  We plan ways to undo it's effect, but for now it glows all over our night.
The soft torches illuminated today's labor.  Having finished my prep work on the raised beds behind my deck, today I planted two of them.  The herbs that have delighted my sunroom for the winter are once again outdoor plants.  A few seeds have been put into small peat pots which will protect and identify them as they germinate.  Earlier this spring we carried all the round tables up on the deck and I have reordered them to comfortably seat 14 people on the west decks and of course there is an 18 ft bench on the east deck as well.  And there is also the gazebo up above the waterfall which seats 4 and the patio which seats 10 to 12 very comfortably. 
I am planning for a couple of gatherings later this spring where we will want to seat several people.  The first is a reading in honor of a departed friend of the artist forum that is presently not meeting but is beginning to stir itself again.  This friend was a story teller and poet and the leader of the group has recently been given a large body of his work.  I illustrated several works for him a few years ago.
The second is a star party of sorts and I would like to perhaps combine it with the opening of my pool - depending on mother natures wiles.  In the back of my mind, I would really like to host a Friday night gathering every couple of weeks during the summer when the fellowship groups are disbanded.  And so, some hopefully lovely times are in store to enjoy all this work.
My fish tank pump quit working Friday morning.  I didn't get a viable solution until today.  They were ecstatic.  If you think fish don't show emotion, you should have seen these babies!  I bought a pump that was rated at 150 gph with a 4 ft rise.  It couldn't touch my rig.  I'll save it and use it in a water feature somewhere.  Then we brought in a small pump from outside that we used to pump water off the pool cover.  That was funny, but messy and a tad scary as it shot water all over the room and had my 60 gallon tank rocking.  So my husband got the defunct pump and took it apart  We created a couple of bushings and put in a washer and voila, it worked.  The fish were happy dancing. Liv came out and told me that one fish was so happy it was swimming on its side.  And it was - not the death swim, but just tickle me pink cavorting.
I filled the waterfall up today.  I haven't turned it on yet.  Everything seems to have wintered just fine.  I'll probably start the pump tomorrow.  So little by little, it's coming about.