Today is the first day resembling spring in months. The sky is a brilliant blue and the air is crisp and clean. I’ve seen that the doves are back, looking for places to build the first nests of spring. It’s time for me to move the patio furniture back out of the barn and into place. Soon, it’ll be time for early evening barbeques and parties under the stars. Spring is such a lovely time of year.
Now, don’t get me wrong. This afternoon, while coming back from the Biggest Little City to the West, the river raced along the interstate at the very point of overflowing. With these nice days, the snow is melting quickly. Floods ARE coming. It’s just a matter of when and where. With any luck at all, the flooding will be directed to the vast desert playas. Heaven knows there are miles and miles of empty desert that won’t by hurt by flooding, not one little bit.
Spring weather is the best kind when one lives on the high desert plains. The mornings are crisp as they warm into beautiful spring afternoons and then turn into chilly evenings. It’s all about being in the sunshine. The gardens of Winterpast are still shaded most of the day so none of the tulips, daffodils, peonys, or iris are emerging yet. There’s plenty of time for spring blossoms before the heat will chase me indoors on most afternoons.
In a few weeks, sweatshirts and jeans will be exchanged for shorts, tees, a hat, and brown knees. Oh how I need to get some sun on my skin. I’ve turned freakishly white over the winter months. I can’t wait to get my tan on while working on the new fencing and garden boxes. It seems there ‘s a second Grieving Gardener that is looking forward to helping me groom Winterpast into the glorious showcase she’s meant to be. Thank goodness for MM.
I’m looking forward to the smell of fresh cut grass and bouquets of roses. Fresh desert air and the songs of the birds are something of which I never tire. It’s wonderful to enjoy the here and now in the peace that Winterpast offers me.
As for this little blog, I have big plans. They may become everything I ever dreamed possible, or they could amount to nothing at all. With suggestions from here and there, I’ve decided to give the blog an update. As I’m growing as a writer and as a woman, the blog needs to reflect those changes. Be looking for some really cool things in the future!
Whatever you do today, you might want to look out on your patio and see what changes you can make. It’s the time and season for a spring cleanup and spring fling! “While gardening, you just might find yourself while losing yourself” (Alice Sebold). Keep your snippers sharpened and your roses pruned. Keep Calm and garden on!
More tomorrow.