On our journey home, Seattle was our first stop.  An early spring had started, and I saw daffodils everywhere.  The weather was balmy, especially after Fuling where it was quite chilly.  When we arrived home in early  March, there was still a foot of snow on the ground and it was severely cold.  We put the wool comforter on the bed!  Spring arrived gradually.  My first daffodil bloomed on Good Friday, followed a few days later by seven or eight more for an Easter Sunday display.  I have hundreds of bulbs in my garden and enjoyed all of them in succession.  Now they are finished and the peonies are beginning.  But we took a quick trip to Michigan to celebrate a class reunion, and we found that the tulips and lilacs were in full bloom.  So, we enjoyed a triple spring.

I am just now beginning to feel that I have arrived home.  School is almost finished here.  We have been substitute teaching since March.  We’ve enjoyed some family events and parties and have gotten our garden started.  We’ve eaten lettuce and spinach already.  The peas are climbing their trellis, but no pods yet.   Strawberries have many blossoms, but no fruit yet.  I watch carefully for the first berry.

Life is more than food, but food is still basic to life.  Growing your own is quite satisfying.   What’s in your garden?   Leave a reply.