Let's just call it Spring

Not quite here yet, but the weather is finally starting to warm up. The official start of Spring is next week, and boy, we are ready. What a hard winter for the entire country, battered by storms, including the desert Southwest.

Anyway, we can soon put it behind us, and look forward to another scorching hot, record dry summer.  Ha! Spring is typically a long, slow season in Seattle, but the transition to summer will be quick this year.

It should hit the glorious mid-60's next week, and that pent-up plant growth will take off like a rocket.

What a mess in the yard after snow, windstorms and freezing temperatures.  Moss, slime, branches and broken bricks. I spent yesterday afternoon scraping and sweeping the "patio."

Still wabi sabi, but better. It looks about 100 years old, because it is. When we first moved here, those bricks were completely covered with sod, and I scraped it off on my hands and knees.

This went through my mind yesterday, once again on my same old knees, on the same old bricks, almost 40 years later.

Sure, we could have new pavers put in, but when all is said and done, it fits in with the "rustic" feel around here.  A fancy new patio would just make the run down deck and lawn look bad. And then what to do about the old shed?  Where would you stop?  Maybe we'll leave that for the next generation.

Finally, I re-potted the big jasmine. A reward, for miraculously surviving another winter. Soon it will perfume the deck with its glorious fragrance.

And topping off a day of hard work (14,000 steps on my FitBit) grilled lamb chops and veggies. A classic Spring dinner.