new growth

in talking with my sister last night she was surprised to hear all that was growing here so i thought i'd put out a few more pictures. i found delphinium poking through yesterday. the peony tree is showing leaf bunches. my rosettes and dragons blood sedum are looking very healthy. autum joy sedum shares this long bed with iris and they are both up. another iris bed. columbine. and we're expecting a warm day so tomorrow they will all look different...i haven't cleaned out all the beds yet because we are still predicted to have some cold weather early next week. but i may try to get a start over the weekend.

april showers

thursday brought my favorite kind of snowstorm - no shoveling!! i was going to include a picture but the snow, 5 very wet inches, melted away on it's own before i could even point and click!! with the snow gone - and still waiting for reliable sunshine - i'm making a garden tour pretty much every day and seeing something exciting every time. i have about 3-4 inches of clematis. the sedum out front is coming in nicely. the peony has one tall shoot but the rest has poked through now and is filling in it's circuit. what a fun time. and i picked up some garden accessories while visiting up north so i'm getting antsy to put them in place.

home again

we're home. we had a great time - short- always short. my daffodils had poked through before we left for the weekend and i was afraid they'd already be done when we got home and if the weather had been warmer here, they might have been. but it stayed cool. i'll get to enjoy these beauties and we're under a winter storm watch!! ah! springtime in nebraska.

killing time

ah, a lazy monday morning....grandpa, aidan and charlie are downstairs playing together. happy voices floating up the staircase....naphtali is updating her site in the other room. i'm adding a brief post because the dishes are done, i've had my shower, caught up on emails.....naphtali has an interview at 1:00 so we're all just killing time....and with this morning's snow we're not inclined to go to the park or try aidan's bicycle or rake the nasty spot.....yesterday we enjoyed a lovely spring rain. aidan tried out his rain gear from kitty grandma. i picked up a couple things for the garden and am excited to get home and get started. also found some cute ideas thumbing through a couple books during some downtime before bed. and, of course, i'm going to spend some time editing previous blogs, adding photos. and the bathroom demo is still waiting. there's always something waiting.

i'm visiting my daughter's family to celebrate aidan's 4th birthday and naphtali's teaching me new skills so bear with me...
so we'll start with a picture of (guess who) aidan!

she is also making me learn how to add links into my text. For example, if you had read her blog entry from March 30th you would have read about her favorite fabric store, and i think she is going to drag me there tomorrow to see if she can help me spend my money. always more fun than spending your own. In case you are ever in the area, this is her favorite place to buy fabric.