Spring at Tullycavan

Today I went to Tullycavan to check out how things were going. Of course lots needed doing. I mowed lawns, I checked out the state of the weeds that I'll need to spray soon, I chipped thistles, I added wood to a bonfire and I planted some oak seedlings that were volunteers here at the Rectory. They probably don't have much hope of surviving, but better than here where they'll need to be dug up in the near future. They look so bright and hopeful in the ground and amongst the grass instead of crowded in the shadow of their progenitor.