I never get tired of sitting in the yard, walking around the yard, working in the yard.... oh, how I love springtime before things get weedy and the grass takes over all my gardens.

Last year, much to my dismay, we had very few butterflies.. this year they are everywhere! At any given time during the day I can go sit on the porch and there will 10, 15, 20 or more flitting around the closest lilac... and OH the smell. It is heavenly. There are big yellow swallowtails, smaller black swallowtails (and I'm not sure why they are so small this year?), the tiny little sulphers and BEES, honey bees and bumble bees.

The weather is gloriously perfect. I know it won't last long so I'm trying to enjoy it as much as I can!

On the whole though, things aren't as green as they should be because we have had no rain. The iris are blooming, yellow and deep purple right now, but they are a little lack-luster and the trees are slow to leaf. The grass is greening up but still lots of brown patches. Hope this changes before the heat of summer settles in.

Business is good, everyone is staying busy. The babies are growing like crazy. Travace will be a year old next month. Zoe is my big girl, talking up a storm, counting, spelling, that little brain just working overtime. And suddenly she has become such a little lover. Every time she sees me, she runs at top speed to jump in my arms to hug and rock me.. our hugs are loud and rambunctious!! Makes this old Grandma's heart happy!

So, the moral of this story is that life is good.