“It’s so beautiful! You never saw anything so beautiful! It has come! I thought it had come that other morning, but it was only coming. It is here now! It has come, the Spring!”
~Frances Hodgson Burnett as Mary Lennox
~Frances Hodgson Burnett as Mary Lennox
Look! Look! Little green plants lined up along all of my window sills…squashes, cucumbers, kale, morning glories, calendula…fox gloves, moonflowers, even Elijah’s favorite miniature zinnias…all just waiting for the earth to warm up just a little bit more.
Every warm, dry, day finds us out in the garden now. This weekend marks our first community garden work day of the season. Birds are appearing everywhere. The first surprise bouquet of flowers has been gifted to me and is currently gracing my table and delicately scenting the air. There are buds on the trees and I’ve fished out my worn and battered copy of “The Secret Garden” once again.
In short, dear friends, Spring is finally really and truly here.
Oh the Secret Garden! I have to get my copy out and read it to my 5 year old. Great idea. Alas, spring is coming slowly to Saskatchewan but we have a forecast of snow tonight. (Sighs deeply)