Springtime!

I suppose I'd get tired of the weather if each day were like today, but I'd sure like to give it a try!  I think I could enjoy morning coffee on the porch with a light jacket at 50 degrees that leads into a day of a light north breeze and a high of 70 degrees -- absolutely beautiful!  I had a really, really hard time staying indoors and getting my computer work done today, but I did it.  This morning, though, I spent a few hours outdoors repotting some plants, spring cleaning the front porch, washing a few windows...it was wonderful and much, much better than the 90s we had last week.
Before they left for Vienna, Nathanael and his daddy and mommy helped us get the garden started.  Nathanael planted a small area of potatoes for his garden.

And here's how they're doing so far, Nathanael.  When they bloom, I'll show you that, as well as when Grandpa and I dig them!

More than a year ago, Gregory and I cleaned out all the overgrown irises and lilies from around my birdbath in the back yard.  I divided the plants and replanted only a very few of them so they'd have room to grow again.  Last year, the drought prevented them from doing hardly anything, but this year, they bloomed beautifully.  Here are some of the fruits of our labor (mostly Gregory's!):

I cut these and brought them in the house early one morning that we were expecting temps in the 90s with a strong south wind.  I knew they wouldn't last outdoors, and I sure did enjoy having them inside.

When the lilac bush was in bloom outside my office window, it was covered for a few days with various kinds of butterflies.  I was able to catch this beautiful one with his wings spread.  It's a wonder I ever get any work done!

With the unusally early spring, the wild flowers are now beginning to bloom these few weeks early, and they're starting to look like it's going to be a bumper crop.  I especially enjoy the heavily scented wild roses.  It sure makes mowing a whole lot more fun when I get to see and smell all the flowers in the nearby pastures and ditches.

Hope all of you dear ones are enjoying your springtime as much as I'm enjoying mine!