That’s how it is here. Each day a new flower starts blooming. I record it in my journal and take its photo.

That’s where it ends.

I go back to weeding and transplanting.

My hands are dirty, my shoes are dirty, my apron fills with debris.

I talk to the bunnies and my bird friends, but the computer is inside.

It may as well be on the moon, because I am literally running to get things done.

Before rain tasks, after rain tasks. I forgot to fertilize the smallest rose… So sorry baby!

You should be seeing a flower a day here, but I have things to do with my dirty hands..

Then there is preparation for a fairy Easter egg hunt…

So much to do, so little time…

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As if weeding outside was not enough to keep a gardener busy in spring,

there is also this issue of potted plants.

They need attention now, too.

I pot up house plants before I bring them inside in the fall.

(“Pot up” means that you move a plant into a slightly larger pot.)

I am always amazed how much growth occurs over winter inside

when it seems they are just sitting there waiting for spring.

These were in desperate need of more space and soil.

A plant screams by shriveling, drooping or turning yellow.

Not only have they been potted up and fed some plant food,

they are now enjoying their first pollen-washing downpour.

Don’t they look happy?

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I do adore all my plants, especially the tiny ones.

This yellow Epimedium always stops me in my tracks when it blooms.

I have to go sit on the ground beside it.

It is so complex and delicate.

It needs close examination to have a full appreciation.

It is one of my two “Darlings of spring.”

Stay tuned for the other tomorrow.

I want to add a photo of my male bluebird friend who now comes to visit me as I work.

I LOVE spring!

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