Aches and Pains, or Sunshine and Gardens?

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Ok, I choose Sunshine & Gardens category. But I gotta say, the aches & pains go with it. It's raining tonight so I have tomorrow off from yard & garden, just in the nick of time, too, I might add. I had planting and sowing planned for today and I got some of it done. I finally put in an asparagus bed, having recently learned that asparagus and tomatoes protect each other from various critters. Since I like them both and have forever wanted an asparagus bed, well.... The thing requires a 6" trench be dug right off the bat. Just doing that took me all morning to accomplish. One bite at a time, it was my elephant to eat. I sat on a stool, but still had to stop every couple of minutes and sit up straight, then dig dig dig, and then stand up and walk around. Off and on, off and on. But I got 'er done. And a couple of other things too. But by two this afternoon, I knew I was finished. How did I know? My body told me. I'll have another chance soon to scatter seeds, and I deserve a couple of days off to recharge the old batteries, so I'm glad of the rain. It was nice enough to hold off until after sunset too, so I got to enjoy some of the sunny day just goofing off. Both my hostas are coming up big guns, and in my scrapings around today I found strong new shoots from a mystery plant, no doubt a bulb I stuck in the ground a couple of years ago or something. I wait with bated breath to discover this new delight. Flora today was complemented with fauna, specifically a new batch of squirrels are getting acquainted with yours truly. They're young things and full of mischief and life, and eating like teenagers. One today even took a taste of my jade plant. I watched to see if s/he'd go for more and sure enough, I had to chase him off it to save the jade. There were tons of bluejays, too. Bold things, they are. A couple perched on the fence behind where I sat. I could see their shadows as they hopped here and there on the fence. One landed in the flowerbed then they both flew off. Ah, nature.