I see Spring...

I See Spring...

 Flowers waiting for it to warm up enough so they can be planted.

 Lupines, my favorite.

 Bleeding Hearts.

 Mini Iris.

 Ruffle Tulip.

 Lovely Greens.

 Lilac buds.

 Japanese Maple and Quaking Aspen.

 Hollyhocks.

 Fruit Tree.

 Fiddle Ferns.

 Hosta.

 Creeping Jenny.

 My back yard pine trees.

Chives.

Rain And Puddles Of Drool!

It rained all night. A lot of the flowers have burst open this morning seeking the water. It finally feels like Spring to me.

 I have had my niece and nephew staying with me while their mother is out of town. My house being small and having the front room occupied by my daughter (recovering from getting her wisdom teeth out), they had to sleep in the computer room. The back door, fitted with a cat door, is in this room. We blew up the mattress and made a cute little bed for them and pushed it up against the back door. All was well and soon they drifted of into sleep. I was awoken by yelling at 3 a.m. I quickly ran from my room to where the kids had been sleeping... Hailey was sitting up with soaking wet hair and she was not happy. She was pointing to a huge wet spot between her and her little brother and proclaiming as loud as she could that she did NOT do this!! Apparently during the thunder storm, my 100 pound Golden Retriever was so scared that he stuck his head through the cat door, drooling all over the kids. (My nephew slept through all of this). The dog cried and cried but with the mattress up against the door I couldn't let him in. He was in a covered little patio but the door was open and swinging with the rain. I think Hailey ended up sleeping with her hand through the cat door on top of the dog's head and at 5:30 this morning I awoke them and started the showers. The dog was so happy to be inside he laid under the kitchen table and fell asleep. Me on the other hand will have piles of wet laundry to do and a bathroom to clean. Hurray for guard dogs...

Lara and guard dog (lap dog) camping Christmas Meadows, Upper Uinta Mountains, Utah 2009

I Spy Spring...

I spy spring in my front yard...

Book Give Away!

I want Spring to be here even though it means lots of hard physical labor for this little girl.. so in anticipation I am giving away a copy of one of my favorite books! The Herb Basket- An Illustrated Companion to Herbs by Hazel Evans. Six years ago this spring I started a strickly herb only garden right out my back door and away from the vegetable and flower gardens. This little book helped inspire me by giving me recipes, directions and gorgeous pictures to feast upon. I now dry or freeze all my herbs, that is the ones I don't use up fresh first. If you would like to be entered into the drawing for this book just leave me a comment.