Blooms and Blades of Grass

So, the response from Sunset has been interesting. Emails from all over... other Coloradoans who have relocated to Oregon, folks wanting to visit or grow lavender (from Texas & South Dakota to Puerto Rico), all kinds of things. Thanks for the notes - your enthusiasm is wonderful and appreciated.

The farm is perking up... peaches have bloomed and the cherries too. Right now the apples and pears are in blossom and the weeping cherries along the drive are still flowering. Of course the weeds have started and the grass is growing faster than I can mow. When I'm outside working I get carried away with all kinds of thoughts on projects I want to start (or finish)... finish the front patio once and for all, kill off the grass on a steep slope in the back yard and put in some natural landscaping with a path leading to the pond, raised flower beds in another garden, the list goes on. But right now I need to mow, mow, mow prune and get the weeds under control. The other projects will fit in somehow and there will always be ones that will carry over to next year (like the front patio has for the past two years). This is the time of year when all things are possible and it's exciting to dream about what will take shape this season.

Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers 'Grow,grow'
- The Talmud

I just wish those angels weren't whispering quite so much right now.