"The earth laughs in flowers." Ralph Waldo Emerson

     Gardening/yardwork season is here.  Winter is always tough for perennials, as well as people, in Colorado.  However, some flowers are up and starting to bloom.  I was surprised by the dainty blue flowers of brunnera and some iris blooms.  I harvested some rhubarb for the very first time ever...delicious.
     The weekend weather was sun-filled and I started the round of pruning, fertilizing, weeding, planning, planting, and dividing.  Got sunburned, as well.  It is hard to find plants the deer and rabbits won't devour, so my palette is somewhat limited by their palate, but Dean and I enjoy making the effort.  It is always an experiment.  As the saying goes, "a garden is never so good as it will be next year." (Thomas Cooper).
     I have heard a few hummingbirds buzzing overhead so will put out their feeder this week. The other seed feeders are already out and the House Finches are back.
     Have relapsed somewhat on the jogging/working out plans.  Still eating healthy vegan, but too much.  Have been walking the dogs and now gardening in lieu of the workouts.  Hopefully, I will get back to the exercise, but gardening is so much more fun. 

"People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us."    Iris Murdoch

                                    My brunnera Jack Frost peeking out from a shady corner.

                                        Iris, Royal Sparks, one of my favorites.