in bloom

what was almost as exciting as five days on a foreign island was coming home to a new land. when we left everything was coming up, new growth everywhere. but five days later everything is just so green and so full of blossoms and buds and color. the first morning we woke up at home (which was actually a few hours after really arriving home) we popped our boots on and headed out to the yard first thing. we didn't even eat breakfast, just went out to see what the yard had done.

there were dandelions everywhere the apple and pear trees were in full bloom, the peas were inches taller, the roses had started spinning around the fence, the black-eyed susans were peeking some green feathers out of the ground, the lettuce greens were almost ready to eat and the grass was sure high!

bee spent quite some time gathering ingredients and preparing the most beautiful soup:

and after lunch we went for a walk down to the dingle where bee picked every dandelion there and back. i think they make the most beautiful centerpiece we have had in a while!
and finally, in nature news, the hunt for morels is officially on. the calendar states that last year's crop peeked out on the thirteenth, so it will be any day now. this is big excitement around here!