Happy Arbor Day...my 2 little trees are in and I can't stop sniffing the snowball viburnum!!  So sweet and spicy; it reminds me of my Mom's. Hers was outside her bedroom window, and the breeze would waft the aroma throughout the rear of the house.  That's when I knew it was Spring for sure.
Do your part for Arbor Day...even a bonsai counts!!!

The Nursery

My seeds are in their little paper pots waiting to burst open from their shells. If they do well, I'll have boquets of zinnias, cosmos and towering --16ft--sunflowers this year. Herbs are tricky devils, so I'll probably use the "Big Nursery" as a back up. I'm not sure if living a mile from the best garden center in town is a good thing or a curse!
Spring seems to be for real this year...goes from very warm to cool, to warm...just as it should with no bad frosts in sight for now....fingers and trowels crossed.

Winter to Spring

And what a winter it was!!! Finally, Columbus joined the rest of the Midwest with a "real winter" with record snow in February. I think the final total was 30" with 50" for the year.
Although a couple of my art classes were cancelled, I made it through without any injuries to self or house.
Our trip to Ft Myers in Feb, was rather cool and cloudy. A bit disappointing but all in all it was good to get away. Jerry and I love the smell of the salt air, spending time at or in the ocean.
Well, he braved the cold water, while I sat on the beach with my sketch book.

Now that Spring has arrived, I am praying that no more aberrant snow storms like the ones we had in April '05. blanket my yard. The garden looks like it survived pretty well although I did remove the holly by the garage. I plan to put a re-blooming lilac in its place. Not sure if there will be a Summer Solstice party this year...there is a trip to Greece on the back burner with Anita, my art teacher. She'll be back in town at the end of April and we should know more details soon. I miss my classes a lot, and try to paint on my own, but I remain petrified to put brush to canvas by myself.
May will bring Julia's college graduation, and we're so excited for her!! She's going through the final push and is terribly busy now, but the end is in sight. We all hope she takes the advertising/marketing world by storm.