It has been a while since I’ve posted. Life is tremendously hectic (I feel like I say that too frequently). Friends having babies, and they need meals. Kids sick with colds that become pneumonia and bronchitis. Hours of garden work every single day. House chores I cannot keep on top of.
The grey rainy days and too many hours inside being ill are starting to wear thin on everyone. We are looking forward to spring.
During George’s nap today, Harold and I went outside to spread mulch (an unending chore when you are trying to build biomass and increase fertility in a garden with poor clay soils). Much to my surprise, 5 of the 8 rhubarbs are beginning to wake from their winter slumber. Oh, it made my heartbeat quicken for a moment – a sign of spring!
In the front yard, underneath the bushes and prune plum trees, the first of the daffodils and crocus are beginning to emerge. Here in Oregon there are many, many more weeks of grey and rain and chilly weather, but the end is in sight. Winter is beginning to ebb at last. We look forward to the rebirth of spring.
Oh we are waiting for spring here too…still a few months to go yet.