Hello.
I hope this finds you all well.
What a glorious time it is with
the weather changing
and all sorts of hope that seems
to accompany the arrival of budding trees and
baby animals and birds galore.
Springtime is the land awakening.
The March winds are the morning yawns.
Lewis Grizzard
The world just has a freshness about it and
there seems to be a purity and innocence about the world and so a white rose.
She is gorgeous and somewhat regal in her
appearance.
Flowers bloom and sprigs
of all sorts of green come shooting up through
the cold soil to be touched
by the warmth of the sun.
Came the spring with all it's splendor...
all it's birds and all it's blossoms.
All its flowers and leaves and grasses.
William Wadsworth Longfellow
Spring is a magical time but it
comes late to the mountains
and so I have been gathering
my own bouquets
of pinks and yellows to
welcome this lovely season of new life.
How do you welcome spring?
I have some thoughts of some little vignettes.
Thoughts of faeries, little birds, nests and lovely
green mosses and paper flowers.
I'm slowly working but
life is bustling with all sorts of good things.
It's all a lot of fun but hard work, too!
I'm reading the book BIG MAGIC
by Elizabeth Gilbert and it's so inspiring
and encouraging. I always thought it was
about how to be creative but
it's really about how to manage
your creativity. It has been so helpful!
One of the points she makes is that
she measures her success by how
devoted she is to her craft.
I love that.
I'll be sharing some of my projects
soon. I've been having so much fun making things and painting.
I watered everything today. My perennials are coming along.
It will be some time before I get to having
flowers. Even later
this year because.....
My girl is coming home!
She's moving back from Ohio and
I couldn't be any happier.
So I will drive out in June
and her dad will fly out
and help us pack the van and we will
travel back together.
We are ALL overthemoon excited :)
So, besides maintenance, my gardening
will have to wait to mid July this year.
But it's ok.
My herbs will be thriving in the next
month and I love them.
As I said,
spring comes late to the mountains.
I hope that you don't
mind if I share a snow picture.
I know some of you have had enough.
But I do love the mountain wildlife that come
to visit. They are about 10 feet from
the back door. And as you can see,
they aren't afraid.
I didn't even realize that
I had gotten the one
in the distance until later.
Some of you have met Sunny.
He's a bearded dragon and the sweetest thing.
This is pretty much proof.
These are two of my OK grandkids
and Sunny now lives with them.
And as you can see,
they adore him!
He is so gentle and calm.
I miss him but my son told me that he can
come and visit Grandma's house
sometimes and we can share ;)
I have moved many of my things
and I'm still in the process of gathering
and organizing.
Sometimes it's fun and inspiring
just to do something different.
With spring and life changes, I'm finding
that the neat little boxes that
I've held my thoughts in for so long
are growing and changing.
It's scary and exciting and liberating all at the
same time.
Do you ever feel like that?
Are there things changing in your life?
Are you working on projects?
Here's one of mine.
In my new living space,
I wanted something to hang
some jackets and scarves on.
I've been trying to add some color and chose
this red. I am so indecisive about colors so
I have LOTS of Home Depot samples.
They work great for small projects tho
and are inexpensive!
This is somewhat of a random post.
I really just wanted to come and say hello
and...
Happy Spring!
Here's a funny spring quote that I found.
Finally my winter fat is gone. Now I have spring rolls ;)
Thank you so much for coming by.
Have a blessed day! X
Tamara
