I love Spring.

Pulmonaria 'RedStart' X (Photo credit: Henryr10)

Tomorrow is the first day of Spring, at least officially.  We’ve had spring-like weather for the last couple of days, and I couldn’t be happier.  The flowers are starting to come up.  So far we have had a lot of leaves with no buds, but yesterday we noticed some miniature daffodils in bloom, as well as a large purply-pink flower of unknown variety (we did just move here last fall).  Today some of the Pulmonaria started to grow buds.

I love going out each day to see what is coming up now.  My rose-bush is budding, as are lots of other trees and plants in our yard.  M. and I have been doing some gardening, mostly removing a covering of brown leaves from last fall, and I plan to get out my books and try to figure out what all the things in our flower beds and gardens actually are now that I can see them.

We’ll be planting a little on our own this year, but not too much because I want to see what’s already there before we make any major changes or additions.  We do have a few veggies to plant, and some strawberries, sunflowers and tomatoes.  And watermelon, if I know my girls.  Otherwise, we’ll just be enjoying what we already have.

I hope you’re all getting out into the beautiful weather if you’re up here in the NorthEast!  Do any of you have plans for this Spring?

 

 

Happy Easter!

Easter eggs dyed with H. and M. tonight.

To all who celebrate it, Happy Easter.  To those who don’t, Happy Springtime!

Either way, have a terrific day, and expect a new writing prompt tomorrow morning.

 

Monday Morning Writing Challenge #1

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This will be another one of those “new features” I talked about in an earlier post.  I’m not sure how often it will appear–weekly, bi-weekly or monthly–but you’ll be seeing it again soon.

I love writing prompts.  I’ve seen good ones and bad ones, and I think which category a prompt falls into depends as much on the writer using it as the prompt.  Something that might make me completely draw a blank might inspire someone else to write a best-seller.

If this writing prompt inspires you, use it.  If you’d like to share what you write, feel free to post it in the comments or even send it to me if you don’t want to share it publicly.  Either way, I’d love to see any writing based on my prompts.

If it doesn’t inspire you, I hope you will keep reading anyway.  Maybe something in the next prompt, or another post, will.

This prompt is in honor of spring finally beginning to show itself in Connecticut.

You’re going through some old photos and come across one you haven’t seen before.  It is a black and white photo of a young woman wearing a flowered dress and a hat, sitting on a white fence surrounding a field. She is facing partly away from the camera so you can’t see her completely, but she looks to be in her early 20′s.  You’re not sure if the picture belongs to your mother or your father, but the name on the back simply says, “Melanie.”  There are no “Melanies” in your family, nor have you ever heard the name mentioned.  Who is she?  What is happening in the picture, and where is she now?

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