Two Tulips

After all the cold and rain, it was a joy to find these two tulips fully open this morning, their happy faces open towards the warm sun. Looks like there will be at least 4 more of them. They're so bright, they almost look like poppies. If I get a chance today, I will try to sketch them. They're just so happy and bright. Did I mention that I just LOVE Spring?!!

Today is off to Mary's for SoulCollage. I'm so excited to have a group for this; I've been wanting to form a group for years now. Apparently, the time is right.

For now I'm going to sit on the sunporch and finish the newspaper with a cup of coffee, then take Shasta for a walk. I just love being retired.....

Awesome Spring

The daffodils are beginning to bloom! They look so lovely next to these tiny purply-blue iris. The lawn is greening up and I'm beginning to see lots of buds on the trees. Robins are hopping around all over and the goldfinches are turning yellow again. Isn't Spring an awesome thing?

Yesterday I completed mock-ups of my business card and my postcard that I will be using to advertise my art show. I still need to mend a few pieces and decide how to price them. But I have plenty of time for all of it. It feels good to be making progress towards it.

I wonder what creative thing I will do today............

NEW LIFE

Here are some of the bulbs I planted last Fall. Don't know if these are hyacinths, iris, daffodils, or tulips! I planted 'em all!

Today is just gorgeous: warm, sunny, birds singing, and the frogs in the forest preserve are beginning their chorus. Ah, the promise of Spring.

Today I bought a "nesting box" hopefully for a chickadee or wren family. It will be interesting to see what happens. I also got my hands in the dirt and pulled up some wayward grass that was already beginning to grow in my gardens. I'll have to remind myself how good that felt, in August when I'm tired of weeding!

So here's to New Life: I thank God that She keeps her promises.