every spring i’ve started to really look forward to getting new plants and flowers planted around our little housey. i mean, i still have a ways to go before i can say that i have a green thumb, but i’m learning and i really enjoy it. i love choosing new colors and blossoms and getting my hands dirty planting them. i love watering them when i get up in the morning and seeing if maybe they magically grew a whole bunch overnight. i love remembering which types i’ve had good luck with and getting plenty of those! and oh, just skipping over the ones that tend to die on me [lavender, whyyy!]. and i love watching the them grow and flourish over the summer! it’s all so therapeutic to me. and then, of course, my heart breaks a little every time winter comes around and that first freeze kills off all of my thriving beauties. it’s funny because i remember being younger and my mom asking me if i wanted to help her plant flowers and looking at the dirt thinking… “nottt really?” but then one day i turned right into a retired old lady with my little spade and potting soil! [i mean, if i were a proper old lady, i guess i’d have a nice gardening hat and i’d wear gloves, but i’m not quite there yet. half the time i just dig holes with my hands. so inappropriate!]
anyway, when i was doing all of my flower planting stuff this time last year, i would think, “i wonder how much i will get to enjoy doing this once i have a baby on me all the time?” but wouldn’t you know it, just like everything else, having my little maddalena with me has only enhanced the experience. we had the loveliest time just yesterday, both of us getting our hands a little dirty. she sat on a blankey and curiously explored the grass and rocks and moss beside our fence while i played with some new pink pretties i just couldn’t resist bringing home with me. it was such a pleasant way to spend a warm evening! we both felt so happy and peaceful.
…also, i’m finally trying my hand at keeping succulents in the house! the super nice canadians i met at home depot said that canada’s negative winter temps didn’t even kill theirs, so basically, if mine die it’s not going to make me feel very good. but basically, also, i’m obsessed.
so, i love flowers. and my baby. what’s new!
Pretty flowers! Your baby seems to love them too. 🙂
your baby is sooo cute!
love the flower too
Beautiful. Planting flowers is my therapy as well. Love it!
p.s. I have the same terracotta planter on my patio!
flowers + baby = my two favorite things. Well, dogs too! Yay for spring!
Pretty flowers! I'm far away from a green thumb also, but I really enjoy it! And if it makes you feel any better, I can't grow lavender to save my life either!
It made me so excited when my hydrangeas and geraniums came back. We had a really cold winter (I woke up one day to my spinach and broccoli under a block of ice) and I thought they were dead!
I just had to giggle about your remembrance of your mom asking you to help plant flowers. My experience is exactly the same.
Mom gave me plants when I was freshly out of college, and it still didn't click – I inadvertently killed 'em all.
Now, I can't get enough. My favorite part of the day is getting home from work and walking out on the back patio, screened porch, and front and back yards just to walk around and notice the changes!
Spring is my favorite time of year!I am just about 24 weeks pregnant and should be buying baby stuff but all I want to do is buy plants! I love watching the perennials slowly pop out of the ground again. My favorite is when my roses start showing life. Sometimes gardening is trial and error, finding what works in your garden's climate, dirt, and temperment.
I love your blog! How did you create your blog's layout? Did you use a website to get the title and pages to be centered at the top?
Your daughter is adorable!
I'm seeing succulents everywhere today 🙂
xo
This is lovely. I love gardening – it's like therapy to me! Have a great Sunday, Brittany. 🙂
ohhh I am so with you!! I have the best time planting and replanting (when I kill something.. poo) and waiting to see things magically grow!