Spring has SPRUNG!

And goodness, it is about time, too. I was beginning to think I would wake up for work some morning and find a glacier outside of my house.

I've been working sort of steadily on Orangina... I've got the front side done and the back side at about 10 inches. I would have made a lot more progress on it if I hadn't been so busy outside in my yard. Instead, I raked out the flower beds (which is about as much fun as being poked in the eye with a knitting needle) and Seth raked the front and back yard. We brought out our patio furniture from the garage, had my brother and his girlfriend over, and cooked our first bbq of the season.

And the crocuses I thought were dead because of the crappy winter?



Granted, only 3 survived this year, but that is 3 more than I thought would come up. My daffodils are just about to open and I have tulip and lily stalks growing.

*edit* Have I mentioned how much I just love Norma to pieces?? Norma has pointed out that my crocuses aren't really crocuses... and after seeing the pictures of her gorgeous crocuses, I realize I have some strange plant in my garden where my crocuses used to come up! I've never planted irises in the garden since I wasn't sure they would survive the winters, but Norma's right that they look an awful lot like irises. Anyone that is a flower expert want to tell me what my mystery flowers are??

Sebastian spent the weekend with Nana (Seth's mom), and since the weather was so nice today when we picked him up we decided to take the super long way home. Down one of the roads in Palermo we came across a farm full of these guys:





They were cute so Seth didn't mind doing a couple of U-Turns in the road so I could snap pictures.

Can you believe it is almost May? In a little over a month it will be time for the Fiber Frolic!