A Fine Spring Day

For many families in the US, this is Spring Vacation week ... but our homeschool does not take this week "off." Rather, we take a sizeable break during Holy Week, and a few days just after Easter. All this to say - technically this is a "school day" for us. However, I was ill yesterday with a (blessedly brief) stomach bug, and though I feel SO much better today I really did not have it in me to do much at all this morning. Since Bookworm was doing some lawn work for our neighbor, and the weather was just SO nice, I joined the younger two out back for some impromptu exploring ...

And WOW, has Spring ever sprung! Everything's popping up and leafing out and all a-buzz with birdsong and bugs. The air felt good - just a little bit cool - and oh my goodness, that glorious sun!

So it was fun to get reacquainted with our own backyard, and I thought you might like to see some of the pictures I snapped. This is a nice activity for the upcoming Earth Day - just walking around your own property, looking for new life and remembering what grows where ... and most of all, seeing all the possibilities. :)

So here we have perhaps the most exciting "find" of the morning ... dandlion fluff on which we make wishes!

Meanwhile, Crackerjack got some serious height in the trampoline.

But what is this?

An inchworm dropped right into Crackerjack's hand!

Marveling at the marvelous ...

Our bleeding hearts, so pretty.

The deck - in need of a good scrub down/spruce up. Here's where we'll have our container herb garden.

A tiny forest of purple.

The lilacs are nearly ready ...

Then, a dandelion discussion ensued:

Can you eat them?

Why are they called dandy-lions?

Why would somebody eat them? 

How come our yard is the only one that grows dandelions?

(lol)

Miniature maple leaves.

Our "Friends of Saint Francis" corner.

We filled the birdfeeders and then stood as still as we could ...

The boys had given up but I got to see this little guy:

While He-Who-Wants-To-Be-A-Real-Boy watched from the doorway.

And the eldest worked hard next door.

(He charges $10 an hour and he does excellent work.)

:)

Lovely little seedlings ...

Hard to see, but the cherry blossoms are starting!

As are the new spruce cones ...

But still, best of all, there were plenty of these ...

"Mama, YOU make a wish ..."

Oh, if we could bottle these days ... so that years from now we might take a big sip and remember just how very sweet they were.

❤

Well, my friends, that was a peek into our very fine Spring day ... I hope you enjoyed your day as much as we did!

And speaking of Spring, I am currently working on the Spring Newsletter, to which many of you have subscribed. Thank you again for your interest - and your patience! I hope to have it composed and ready to mail sometime next month. So please stay tuned!

For now I'll be off ... for there's a supper to start. But have a great evening, everyone ... thanks so much for stopping by ...

I will see you again very soon!