Don’t you just love this time of year?  I do.  The re-birth of all things that have been sleeping rejuvenates me.  The tulips and daffodils seem to be yawning and stretching as they lift themselves from the once frozen earth. The budding and blossoming trees adorn themselves with fanciful colors of spring and beckon me, with outstretched arms, to come outside and breathe in their sweet fragrance and linger in their presence.
  Often I walk with a good friend.  The conversation is always lively as we traverse a favorite pathway that leads us to a path beside a nearby river.  Today was a spectacular show for Spring, as the blossoms danced in the slight breeze, each swaying branch vying for our attention.  As I walked under the branches of five cheery trees, the happy blossoms perched in clusters there dropped a single blossom that floated gently to the ground in front of my feet. It felt like my personal invitation to springtime.  Magic.

  It’s a great time to grab a friend or loved one and take a walk.  Notice the whimsical colors that delight the eye and fill the heart.  Listen to what they say.  For me it’s always the same and it sends me off to the garden center for a five gallon container of rejuvenation…

There is always that one (or two) last snow storm of the Spring that tries to throw you off your groove.  You are feeling ready to take on the many tasks of Spring and then Wham! Mother Nature throws you a curve ball.

This morning my two boys were up at 5:30 getting ready to go to early morning football.  Most of the time they are kind enough to let me sleep in until my alarm goes of at 6:30, but today I heard the melodious voice of my 16 year old ask, “Mom, how do you put the truck in 4-wheel drive?”  That’s how I found out that I would have the day off to do a little indoor spring cleaning instead of outdoor spring cleaning and that is just never quite as fun.  I decided to make the most of my day and head to the local Home Depot where I found a bag of pre-emergent to throw down.  Right now I am trying to prevent the crabgrass from coming on too strong so I chose a pre-emergent from Scott’s that will not only help control crabgrass through the growing season but will also  green up the grass.  Be careful when you spread your pre-emergent so as not to broadcast too far into your borders and beds.  You don’t want to thwart any tender ground-covers trying to break through.  Now I guess I’ll start a pot of soup–what else are you going to do with a snowy day in March?

Until tomorrow then…