Name: Sandy B. Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b) (Zone 4b-maybe 5a)
Mary -- I'm pretty sure I would have felt the same way; we need to keep repeating (as often as necessary, and if only in our own heads) that we are gardening to make ourselves happy!
“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." ~ Albert Schweitzer C/F temp conversion