Hello Spring! You are Magical~

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