Earth Month

Someone on the radio referred to this month as Earth Month. So that there will be tree planting in Madison this coming weekend because we are smack in the thick of Earth Month. I suppose it's like a protracted birthday. I'm not done with mine yet either. And we are not done with Earth Day. The good moments in our lives ought to continue beyond their designated calendar markings. I have no problem with that! 

Morning walk on this warm start to the day:

Funny that I should have worried about missing out on the daffodils this year. They are just at their peak right now. The reward for all that work back in October when the last thing I wanted to do was dig 100 bulbs into the baked soil. But it got done. And now they are everywhere.

Breakfast should have been on the porch. We crossed 60F (16C) by 9 a.m. -- that's my cut off point for a meal outside. But it didn't strike me until we were at the table. 

Afterwards, I planted a few odds and ends and I watered the pots. I've got loads of weeding to do, and I'm still waiting for a second small shipment of bulbs and plants, but for today, I put work aside in favor of a walk in our local park with Ed. Earth Month demands some time for appreciation of what's already there!

(woodland flowers: white fawnlily)

And what's already there is always grand. 

We go over to the turtle pond, which has been turtle-less for the past two years. And lo, what do we see? Turlte overcrowding!

Not an inch to spare! 

 

I pick up the kids.

So warm today! This is April for you, trying out everything to see what fits.

 

And once again I return to the flower fields in the evening, once the kids are off with their parents. Weeding. Plenty of it at this time of the year. And if all feels rather ho hum to you, well, spring and summer days do tend to be heavy on the laborious tasks associated with garden work. But at least you get flower photos. Think of it -- no more brown toned farmette pictures for a whole six months!

with love...