Over Christmas week, we took a break. In February, we took another week off for Winter Break. We just needed one. Next week, we are taking Spring Break. We only have 6 more weeks of school to finish after that, and we could use some time to enjoy the nice weather. We’re going to the park. We’ll paint. We’ll have picnics. We’ll read outside. We’ll plant our vegetable garden and our new butterfly garden. I’m looking forward to it. I will just to have to make myself rest and not just use the whole week to make headway on the never-shrinking to-do list.
Spring!! Sunday, Apr 6 2008
Gardening 11:30 pm
Everyone seems to be complaining about spring’s delayed arrival. Maybe it’s because we’ve had so many rainy, gray days. This weekend, though, Miss Spring arrived in all her glory sending every plant in my garden into a panicked growth spurt. Brian and I took the time to clean all of the flower beds of last year’s detritus and lay a beautiful layer of cypress mulch. It all looks clean and fresh. We still have much work to do in the yard (replanting grass from grub damage, staking a peach tree, planting the vegie garden and so on), but we got a large chunk of work done this weekend and it feels so good.
Now, if I only had time to tackle the spring cleaning of the inside of my house. At least it’s getting a good airing.
These are my tiny irises that bloom around the same time as crocuses. They are one of my favorite flowers.
