Spring

Lilacs. The air is scented with lilacs . And fresh mown grass. Plenty of that, if you have a country size garden, by the time you get to the end of mowing, it's time to begin over again.
Trees that were bare brushes three weeks ago, are now competing in greenness.
Outside our bedroom window, in the shrubs along the fence, sparrows conduct planning sessions at 4.40 am. Where they will go for breakfast, whether they expect rain. I listen to their hurried business and return to sleep when they set off. Later, when they see me in the kitchen, they make a point of  flying to the empty bird feeder. Just to remind me.
Our kitchen window is the set for Minuscule. Without the snails. But the ladybugs, the ants, all behave as if they have come here for summer for years. A bee follows us into the house, a rare honey bee. Plenty of fat Bumbles, but I capture the honey bee & send her off to the flowers. The bumbles have moved elsewhere in the garden now that the cherry bush has lost its flowers & come into full leaf. I continue to be in awe of the speed of nature here. From bare branches to full leaf in four weeks.

We move a bit more slowly. Not all the tasks will be finished. I am learning to be rather than to do.
Michael & I take off for wild excursions.

From this

to this in 4 weeks. The maples in leaf, the peach tree in leaf, hostas, iris & day lilies nearly ready to  bloom