The last few weeks have been a busy few weeks. Our garden has transformed from this:
Snow garden
Into this:
April garden, during a soaking rain
I took that picture yesterday during the first of what is supposed to be three days of gentle, soaking rains. The skies have been lavender-grey and my floors are moist with perspiration. The house is cool. The garden is at least thirty shades of green, from the yellow-green of new lettuce to the emerald green of too-tall grass. Every leaf sags under the weight of rain drops.
I can’t say that I mind. The house is cool, even if the floors are sticky, and though the sun feels nice last weekend I received my first scorching in years. For some reason I thought I, like a tomato, would bloom under hours of constant Texas spring sun. Instead I turned into one. So the rain, the cool and the cloudy skies are a welcome relief.
Expect more posts about the garden soon. It’s exploding with blooms and growing faster than I thought possible. It seems everyday another plant has put on buds or leans under the weight of it’s new foliage.
I’ll leave with that thought now, as Jonathan just got home (early!) from work. I’ll be back soon to talk about some new directions with the blog.
