Springtime in North Texas

It's been a busy few months full of distractions. 

The main one was a major health scare that turned out to be absolutely nothing.  This served as a reminder to me that it is a very good idea to get a second, third or even fourth opinion.  On the plus side, I am totally fine.  On the negative side, I wasted a lot of emotional energy.   It also highlighted to me that it's not worth getting upset about something until you really know what you're dealing with.  The bright side of the ordeal was that my heightened emotional state prompted me to get many things done that I'd been putting off.  In fact, I created a big long list and knocked things off one by one.

In the midst of this I did a lot of gardening.  I got the school's veggie garden squared away, planted two new trees there and started a sunflower garden for them.  I then added several trees to our own backyard and prepped three raised beds to plant a variety of things: spinach, broccoli, carrots, romaine lettuce, strawberries, watermelons, tomatoes, bell peppers, corn and cucumbers.  I added blueberry bushes, ordered some banana trees and potted an avocado tree, a lemon tree and a clementine tree.  I also planted hibiscus and hydrangea plants.  I can't wait to see the blooms.

Here you see the cold weather crops coming up:

I added a new feeding station for Nemesis Squirrel because he wasn't sharing any birdseed with the birds.  It took him a week to figure out it was there, which surprised me given how clever he seems to be. 

Things are waking up here in North Texas.  The flowers and trees are budding and the grass is coming out of hibernation.  Spring and Autumn are my favorite seasons, so it's a happy time of year. 

One extra special experience was taking my boys camping for the first time.  Sleeping out under the stars and roasting marshmallows for s'mores (no, not organic) was so much fun! 

Don't wait to share these experiences with your kids.  There is no time like the present!