Happy Spring Equinox!

We have been celebrating the arrival Spring!  It's been so warm and lovely here and then yesterday it snowed & hailed and was cold all day.  Today the sun is out but it's still a chilly first day of Spring for the desert!

I painted this recently for our Spring nature table.  This painting is from one of our favorite books, "Story of the Root Children", by Sibylle Von Olfers. Here are some root children waking up.

And some eggs wood-burned & painted with little flower children also inspired by the book.  Look for a couple of these in my shop soon.

We've started some indoor seedlings.  I'm hoping to have tomatoes, zucchini, summer squash, carrots, basil and a few other herbs.  Also, maybe we'll add a wine barrel of potatoes.  We're hoping to make use of our tiny outdoor space.  I really need to get to work on a garden plan.  Last year we had plenty of zucchini, very few tomatoes & almost no green peppers.  I think it was because of not planning the space well enough.  We are gardening novices here. 

Here's a snippet of our garden space.  Our backyard is pretty ugly right now.  With dead shrubbery and weeds, it's a mess.  But it's small so it shouldn't be too hard to clear out.

The boys have a dirt pit. They love to dig, find bugs, make ponds, rivers, mud holes & construction sites.  It provides hours of dirty, muddy, fun. 

We've been planting flowers in pots.  

 

And we're having so much fun with our new little kitten, Kiki.  We adopted her one week ago to be friend to our Poe.  They did not like each other at first and so we kept them separated for awhile. 

But now they seem to be getting along quite well.  We love the added chaos, humor & love they've added to our home.  What's Spring without new life?

Happy Spring friends!

Until next time...