Spring Fever?

Wow!!  I can't believe it's been so long since I've visited!!!  We had house guests for almost a week and we had a lovely time - but with all the visiting I think I ran out of words!!

That mixed with the general dreariness that seems to afflict me this time of year - writing anything down seemed like a big task!!

But - I'm back!!  I decided to come up with some activities that will help combat the awful greyness that covers this part of the world this time of year.

Here's what I came up with - some ideas so simple that I can't believe I had to think about it  - but with the dreariness comes a foggy grey brain at times too :0)!!!

We (the kids and I) made a fairy garden in a big jar!  Tons of fun - made a big mess on the floor - got to plant things - which did my gardening heart such good - and ended up with something pretty!!



See the pretty sparkly rocks we put in there?

 

A view from the top



 And then - feeling on a roll - I found some other jars I could plant things in - some vintage canning jars - with glass tops - so cool - I went down to the woods - found some neat rocks and peeled up some moss and made moss gardens!!  The bright green makes my heart happy!!

Another view from the top

 Then - I did the simplest thing of all - I went outside and hunted around until I found some hopeful signs that the grey days won't be around forever!!  I found several clumps of my mini daffs making their way through the damp soil - so pretty!!

And of course - one thing that always helps is chocolate!!  But this.... this chocolate is special!!  When I saw the display of these spheres (well - almost spheres) of delight - I confess - my heart did a little dance!!  Seeing these in the store made me sing a tiny little song in my head, "Spring is coming!!  Spring is coming!!!  Yahoo!!!"  It's a good thing I didn't sing it out loud - people wouldn't want to hear that - but my heart was singing - and I have since enjoyed some yummy chocolate treats!!

Blessings,

Christine