Spring Renewal

Ahhhh, at last, the clouds have parted and the sun is shining, once again! The rain, the rain was starting to be annoying. The other day I remembered how much I enjoyed rainy days at school. I loved the idea of wearing a rain coat and seeing what sort of umbrellas the other kids and teachers would bring to school. Even then, I loved to accessorize!

Now, however, the rain means very large puddles on the playground. When the rain stops and it's simply cloudy, we have outside recess and now I have to be the adult telling kids to stay out of puddles, when really, I'm thinking "that looks like fun."

With the sunshine and moist soil comes flowers and earth worms. Yesterday, I raked the garden and found the irises waiting to be exposed. I raked the yard of debris and raked so hard, my hands blistered. I transfered my green beans to a large pot and next week, I'll transfer my rainbow heirloom tomatoes. I'm really looking forward to having a vegetable garden again. It's so nice to walk into your back yard and pick fresh produce and cook with it. We have raspberries and herbs too. Having access to a garden makes me feel like such a culinary princess. Almost as though I have my own quaint cooking show on the cooking channel; where everyone marvels at my splendid, yet, simplistic creations that I made from scratch- from the ground up!

A few days ago, I raked the leaves out of the herb garden and I have yet to see what is to come of it. I have a gal pal who also grows herbs and I'll ask her about the status of her herbs. That way, I'll know if my herbs are done for.

So, today, I will be spring cleaning the inside of the house and organizing. Then, at some point, I have top make meatballs for spaghetti and then some sort of dessert; I'm thinking of making lemon chiffon pie. Then, I'd like to craft and then have a steam facial. I really need to treat myself to a steam and a mani. /pedi. before the work week starts. Well, if I manage to get even some of my "to do's" done, I'll try to post pictures of the results later. I really need to get back on the blogging train. The thing is, I've been busy just existing, so busy that I've forgotten to do the things that I enjoy doing; and therefore, I've had nothing to post about. Today the sun is shining and I'm feeling inspired, so I look forward to posting again. Until then~ Toodaloo!