There is a little rhyme my Aunt Jeanne used to say to us when we were little and impatiently waiting and whining for Thanksgiving Dinner/Easter egg Hunt/Christmas to begin.
It went
Patience is a virtue
Virtue is a grace
Put them all together and you get a happy face.
Because I am a smart- ass I used to rewrite it to say
Patience is a virtue
Virtue is a grace
put them all together and you DON”T GET CHERYL!
only also being a smart person I would sing song it to myself in my own head ( the smartness at play here) so as not to get punished for my mouthiness and miss the very thing I was aching for to begin with.
Well, now it is Spring, or more precisely spring weather, I am impatient for. According to the counter I posted here we are already over a week into Spring, yet my yard looks like this
with nary a daffodil in sight. Daffodil?? What am I thinking ! We have yet to see the first snowdrop or hellebore whose common name is Lenten Rose and has thus missed the boat . Lent has sailed on by, Easter is upon us.
The temps have moderated a little , but the snow is melting ever so slowly. I truly do love the snow and the winter but prefer everything in its own time and place , so feet of snow on the gardens in late March is not appreciated .I have faith that once it gets going it will all but dissapear in minutes but for now it is trying my not so present patience.
In a move that stunned my daughters, I purchased, yep you read that right, purchased a pot of blooming Daffodils. Despaerate times call for desperate measures.
Our Easter Sunday will be spent indoors , no rush to clean up the Dog’s Garden where we usually egg hunt as even if a miracle occurs and the snow is gone there will be mud….which is worse.
The very good thing about all of this as far as my lack of patience goes, is that the plants don’t have any either.Once that snow cover is gone the first warm day will bring an explosion of little green heads poking out of the ground quickly followed by flowers. Then it will be a virtual landslide of bloom until we get back on track probably in May.
The very bad thing about this is the workload will be a virtual landslide too and I may all but disappear outside for days at a time trying to keep up.
Meanwhile I have been busy inside, I got a new office space, re-painted the dining room and am at work on another large project ( which may or may not be my kitchen..I can’t say because it might jinx the spell I seem to have placed on the ever reluctant to home improve Wil ).
I figure right with the going gets rough indoors with what is or is not a kitchen renovation the garden will be screaming my name simultaneously, isn’t that always the way?
Happy Easter and Springtime to you all!