I THOUGHT IT WAS SPRING!

Remember the old Burma Shave signs? One especially comes to my mind every spring: "Spring has sprung, the grass has riz where last years reckless driver is." It felt like spring here last week with a couple days in the 70's. James and I did some work in the yard. I had missed some of the tulip bulbs last fall and they were coming up under the ground cloth I had put down on the bed by the front porch so I had to pull it back, after first removing the rock on top of it, then James took them up with the spade and put them in the long flower bed along the alley. I hope they "take" where they are now, especially since the temperature dropped back into the freezing zone again. My daffodils are in bloom and my pussywillow has many pussies on it. My mums are showing green, the winter onions and rhubarb plants are up, the day lillies and iris are poking green points up through the ground. I had a pair of birds trying to make a nest in the exhaust pipe from the downstairs bath. James had to finally go up the ladder and put some screen cloth behind the louvers and then they fussed because they couldn't get in! We went down to Paul's for Jordan's 16th birthday last weekend and on the way I saw a church sign that I like better than the Burma Shave: "The birds are back and the grass is greening. GOD DID IT AGAIN!!" Isn't He wonderful!! I love spring. It spells HOPE to me especially after this last long difficult year. Take time to enjoy this beautiful world God has given us to live in.