in between seasons

kittens rejoice!
one of the warm days sandwiched in between winter days a few weekends ago.
it's a good thing i was busy tending to plants and compost to sit considering i didnt have a chair!

living in the south again brings back the reality of unpredictable weather. warm one day and cold the next. i noticed the trees had buds starting a few weeks ago... in february! it isn't even spring breakup season in alaska and i am blessed with tree buds!



i bought this pre-planted pot with 4 layers of different flower bulbs. each layer has gone through a false start starting way back in october when i first put it outside (see photos). i finally put some water in it because all the new growth was threatening to shovel all the soil out onto the deck. can't wait till it starts to actually bloom! I suppose this fall i'll have to find a few new pots and transfer some bulbs since they are so fruitful and multiply. I once tried to dig up the old bulbs lining the driveway section in front of the garage at my grandparents only discover that each plant actually had about a dozen or more bulbs each to be removed. That was last May actually a few weeks after we got to virginia. i surprised my grandparents with a visit for a few days. I also spent days of that Memorial Day weekend cutting back a runaway bush larger than a car to a more manageable size... as in actual bush size. It's also the last time I saw my grandmother. I'm so glad i recorded one of our many conversations while i was laying on the couch on the screened in back porch. it was so nice to hear her voice again and share it with my papa after she passed.

the out of control vegetation (above)
my lovely grandparents still working in the yard together in their 70's (below)