At last, spring is starting to settle in. This weekend it's even supposed to get into the 80s! Oh, blessed warmth.
In other good news I got my cast off a week ago. I've been wearing a brace this week, though, because my wrist still needed to be mostly immobile. Today I took the brace off and I'm determined to go as long as possible without it. It sounds cheesy to say this, but having the cast off has made it seem like spring to my soul. It's nice knowing that I have some control over this situation. The injury depression is gone. Now I can go about the business of strengthening my muscles and getting them to bend again! It's almost over.
Today, in celebration of the warm weather and the evidence of spring that is all around, I went outside and took some photos. Just a few pictures of what my yard is yielding with no help from me. Unfortunately, weeding is still not on the list, as the inside of my house is so sadly neglected that I'm spending all of my good arm time working on our living space. The yard will have to wait for the TLC that it so desperately needs. (Actually, I would be very ungrateful if I didn't express my undying gratitude to my neighbors across the street who are responsible for the beauty of my lawn and the fact that my bushes finally got cut back. Thanks Tak and Diana--you are the best neighbors anyone could hope for!)
This, I think, is a peony bush. I planted some tubers last year and nothing happened. They were old, and I didn't know what I was doing, so I wasn't too shocked or sad when my plants failed to grow. But then, yesterday, I was outside with the kids and I saw this plant that didn't look like the weeds that are all too rapidly taking over the yard. Could it be? Time will tell.
I love the salvia plants in my front yard. They are so colorful, and they bloom all summer long. This is the fist of the three to blossom. I can't wait until they're all full of color.
I saved the best for last. Bird's nests! As far as I can tell I have three nests in my yard. This is the robin's nest that's in the tree right by my front porch, for the second year in a row. Alex is constantly asking to see the red robin, which just melts me to the core--especially since I have no idea where he heard the term "red robin". It's so adorable. I also have two different sets of birds in the backyard nesting in the rain gutters. One is a set of doves whose babies just started flying this week. They like to sit next to each other on the fence in the evening. I love staring out the window at them as they nestle close to one another. The other set is a pair of yellow breasted chats. I used to have a couple that nested in the front of the house. They didn't rebuild their nest. Maybe this is one of the offspring?
OK, just a little snippet of a funny conversation that I just overheard between Kaitlin and her friend, Nolan
"Kaitlin, are you going to marry me?"
"Well only if you don't scream in my ear again!"
If only that was the only criteria! How easy life would be. Happy weekend!
