growing & blooming

all of our gutting, weeding, and autumn planting has really paid off. our spring garden is looking beautiful! our young climbing hydrangea & azalea are in peak bloom. all my perennials are coming back and growing well. maybe i have a green thumb after all. 

strangers' smile

i was thrilled that our farmers market had such beautiful spring planting flowers so, in addition to buying apples for the week and dinner for tonight, i loaded my bike and bags with begonias, pansies, dahlias, and impatiens. 

as we rode home through prospect park strangers kept smiling at me. who knew a basket full of beautiful blooms would make so many people happy! ah spring!