Happy Spring!

"And He changes the times and the seasons..."

Daniel 2:21a

We've been feeling some lovely warmer weather for the past several weeks now, and finally the calendar has made it official...spring is here!!!  This is one of my favourite seasons.  I find that I have a renewed sense of energy and excitement now that the days are getting longer and the birds are waking us up with their early morning concerts (complete with the drumming of the woodpecker.)  I am the kind of person that always notices the weather and how much the sun shines.  (Must be the farm girl in me.) Maybe that's why spring is an incredibly invigorating time of year for me.  I find it more exciting than the clock hitting midnight on December 31st. There is just something about this time of year that puts more energy in my step and zest in my day.

We recently enjoyed a relaxing March break with the children, and we spent most of it right here at home.  We made an overnight visit to Wainfleet, and left a couple children behind to spend some quality time with Grandpa and Grandma.  We kept busy cleaning up around the yard, cleaning out the garden, going for walks, shopping, bowling, and finding our summer clothes (David was in desperate need of his shorts.)  The weather we were blessed with was absolutely uncharacteristic for this time of year, so we enjoyed it to the fullest and even hopped on the bikes and hit the roads and the trails.

We enjoyed a visit from some of the Pols clan, and uncle Andrew was kind enough to return our missing children to us as well as bring along his chain saw and cut down our pear tree that was infested with ants.  I am happy to see that tree gone...there will be no more messy rotting pears on the ground during the summer or bees and wasps feeding on those fallen pears in the lawn.  Owen stayed here to visit for a couple of days and after we returned him to his family, we went on an adventure to Niagara-on-the-Lake. We had a fantastic time and are so thankful for those days of refreshment.

Now we are back into the swing of things...school schedules and work.  The girls are seriously training for track and field, and I have added greenhouse work to my days that I am not in the classroom.  It's great to be "playing in the dirt" and watching the gorgeous flowers get ready for the gardens.  This week I spent one of my days transplanting annuals, and the other working in a sea of Easter lilies. Needless to say, my back was happy that today was a "school day".....it needed some recuperating time.

Signs of new life are everywhere you look. I took just a bit of time this afternoon to go out and find new fresh green signs of life in my garden...Makes me want to praise the Creator!!!