Happenings at Gnome Hollow: Signs of Late Spring

I feel bad because I have missed taking pictures of all of the beautiful blooms in spring around our home this season, the winter blooming Camilla tree by our front walk way, the beautiful yellow Daffodils the purple, white, and burgundy Irises, the pink and white Dogwoods, the Tulip Poplar, the Honeysuckle, even the Clover and Dandelions were all missed in photos this year.

We very much enjoyed them, I just forgot how quickly the landscape changes in Spring. So here are a few photos of the exciting things going on right now and a reminder to slow down and enjoy each moment.

I find that I am always looking forward to the next season, the next festival and holiday, plotting and planning to make sure it is special, that I forget that every day is special, even the most mundane of tasks are sacred when done with joy.

I have a very small raised bed garden with some greens in it, before the babies this bed would have been so small and manageable I would have barely even considered it a garden, however this year it is overrun with grass, I try to weed it when the kids are playing, but of course no matter what has captured their interest for the moment, what I am doing is so much more enticing, they toddle over, observe for a minute and then start ripping, just like mommy. Occasionally they go for the grass or the weeds, but more often than not it’s a vegetable.

How are they to know which plant is a “good” plant and which one is not, I have no idea, and the look of pure joy they have while “helping” is priceless. I give up and we move on to something else to do in the yard.

So the little garden bed is over grown, it more than likely will be for the next few years, and that is okay. Everything around us is changing every minute, and my goal is to sit back, take a moment or two, and relish each and every moment.