Promise

The promise of spring! I am so happy!



We got out into the garden today and cleaned up some of the plants. It was so nice to get my fingers dirty. I was hoping to see some bulbs poking out, but hadn't found any until I was about to go in. Then I noticed 3 little purple buds poking themselves out of the ground. I almost missed them because of their colour. I was so excited!! The poppies are also starting to show a bit of green. We also saw a bunch of ladybugs! I am so glad they survived the winter. Yeah! Spring is on its way.

Next weekend we are heading to a heritage plant sale. Hans can hardly wait to get his hands on some tomatoes.

To Market

We had a beautiful weekend! The weather here was gorgeous! On Friday we went down the the market at the Currie Barracks and picked up some beautiful organic fruits and veggies, lovely artisan breads and some tasty nuts and dried fruits. Then a quick trip into the wine shop on site to oogle all the different wines. We tasted a few and purchased a couple wines we have never tasted before. I can't believe how crowded the market already is on Fridays! I have heard there is a new market that is open more days now so we are going to try to find that one this week.

Saturday and Sunday were spent outside! Besides a quick trip to the Balzac garden shop (taking the long way to take in some site seeing) we were out in gardens.



They don't call Alberta "Big Sky Country" for nothing!!




We added a few plants to the front garden, a new clematis and a blueberry bush and did some cleaning up especially in DD#1's herb garden. Hans got down in the grass and got up most of the dandelions. We like to do them by hand and not add chemicals to the world. We are slowly eliminating the grass in our front yard and replacing it with plants that need less water. I think this year we are going to find a bench for the front garden so we can sit and enjoy all the beautiful plants. One of my tulips finally decided to bloom! All the others are going to follow suit now.



Then it was into the backyard, which needed a big clean up. I got the table and chairs all scrubbed down while Hans reinforced our gazebo. It almost took off a few times in last years winds! With that done, it was on to the job of yard clean up. It is amazing how messy it can get with just the dog using it! It is all tidy now though and ready for barbeque season! Yesterday it was sausages, sweet potatoes and salad!! Yum!!

Today it is supposed to get up to 20C! So I think we finish turning over the back garden and get some lettuces and peas going! Have a mentioned how much I love this time of year!!!

Is it Spring?

So, what have I been up to??
I keep asking myself that too!
I have been knitting away, making up a bunch of Coffee Condoms that I will be putting up in my shop soon. I have also been hibernating quite a bit with all the snow we have been having on and off. I find it a bit depressing when we have 12C to 16C for a few days and then the next we wake up to snow and -10C. But alas, that is spring in Calgary. You would think that I would be used to it by now. This next week is supposed to be nice, though so hopefully that will bring my spirits back up!!!!

Michael's had a coupon for 50%off this past weekend! We picked up a starter kit for screen printing! I have succeeded in getting DH interested in it!! He is soooo creative and I hope this will give him an outlet for his creativity! I think it would be so great to put some of his art up in my shop or maybe one day for him to open his own Etsy shop!!! He is also a bit of a techie! We always say he is hardware and I am software. He likes to take the computers apart and add things and I enjoy the programming and such. You can find a link to the blog he is trying to get going up at the top right of my page. Say "hey" to him if you go take a look. He doesn't think anyone is looking at it. Of course, if he had more time, I am sure there would be more on his blog. It is a work in progress though!!!!

I am going to leave you today with some spring life from my garden! This makes me feel so good and gives me hope that the beautiful weather is on its way!!!

Happy Spring!!!!

Spring is finally here!! I am so happy!!! I love spring. The morning started off with winter giving us a brief snowfall. Then it warmed up to a beautiful day this afternoon when spring officially began. What a wonderful sign that it is going to be a beautiful season.

Even my Coffee Condoms are looking bright and colourful!



I sold 2 yesterday at my Etsy shop! Yeah!! It makes me so happy that more people are finding these and are saving a small bit of the environment! I think I have knitted about a hundred by now. I love using mine and dh uses his all the time. We always get great comments when we take them out at the coffee shops.

We have been organizing like crazy here (yet another sign of spring!). DH organized his work room and put up some shelves to organize his tools. He actually got rid of some old hard drives!! That is a big step LOL!! My craft area is almost done! I will take some pictures of it in a couple of days! It is going to be so nice to be able to leave my projects out until they are done!!

Well, back to knitting!!