Spring is Here

Spring is here, or it seems like it is, although it's pretty hard to tell sometimes in Florida. LOL

It's been a little rainy, the humidity and mugginess is back, so yeah defiantly a change in the weather from the nice cool mornings. 
I hate walking out a 6:30 am and being stifled from the humidity of the day before it's really even begun. But what's the other choice?? Move, yeah that's a good one, but not in the immediate future :-)
So suffer I will with the pollen, and asthma and "crap get out of my way so I can get to my damn inhaler!" Yeah, it's wonderful right now. ;-p 

Don't get me wrong, I love Spring!! I grew up in New England were Spring is appreciated and welcome. I loved when Spring hit, snow melting, flowers blooming, t-shirt weather was back! To me it's just more pronounced than the Florida Spring, which yes, I know, it's the climate and different parts on the country have different weather. 

Happy Spring all, Earth Day is quickly approaching, and Arbor Day is looming out there somewhere. :-)

Here's a few quotes to leave you with, as always, have a great day and read lots!!

C~

Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!"  ~Robin Williams

Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer.  ~Geoffrey B. Charlesworth

April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go.  ~Christopher Morley, John Mistletoe

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.  ~Charles Dickens, Great Expectations 

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Spring Planting...

I picked up the compost and the potting soil yesterday morning after signing up for my concealed weapons permit class :-) so when the heat of the day (Yes, Florida, it was in the 80's and higher) went down around 6, I started planting my herbs and some flowers last night.
So far I have Lavender, Rosemary, Basil, Spearmint and few flowers planted in my flower box and in pots.
Today's another day and I'll be tackling the seeding of carrots, beans and some other flowers and planting my three different kinds of pepper plants, zucchini and yellow squash.

For the seedlings I'm not going to start them in ground, I'm going to use a few old egg cartons and my grocery store sells salads in these large containers, so I figured what better way to recycle than to start growing some flowers in them.

I'm also going to be starting Lily of The Valley for my wedding next March. Such a beautiful little plant, it's not only my birth flower, but I remember my Grandma Salo had a large circle of nothing but Lily of the Valley with a rock in the center. (The things we remember as kids right :-) She'd carved a twelve foot totem pole as well.)

Well have a great day all!!!! I'm off and running--with coffee in hand :-)