outside

This is what I see outside my window

Once upon a time, I did not enjoy being outdoors.  If I got in trouble, I was sent outdoors; not to my room.  It was a family joke.  It wasn't that I didn't like the outdoors, I just preferred the quiet of my room.  I could get away from my siblings and their craziness.  I could read in peace.  I was able to sit on something soft to read in quiet.  I am a very solitary person.  Sometimes given to thinking way too much - okay, all the time but the point of this ramble is that, I never used to like the outdoors. 

And now, I do.
I love to garden.  I like to see flowers blooming and sit in the sun.  It isn't any

Front yard - just imagine next year when this is all filled out!

 quieter outside then when I was a kid.  But I like it.  I like to see some effort in what I am doing and know it is my choice.  My parents laugh because they say I used to grumble and complain about gardening.  Ok, folks, it wasn't gardening, it was weeding and if you don't get the joy of planting and only have the "cleaning".   It is also not gardening if you don't get to PICK out the plants.  I mean, it was vinca that we were weeding.  My parents used to say that they planted the vinca so that when we were gone, it would have spread and THEY wouldn't have to weed.  Know what? They ripped out the vinca!

I love the irises! 

But now, I get to plant and weed my own garden! We have a raised bed for vegetables for my husband since he loves veggies - even brussel sprouts but the flower beds are for me.  Most of the flowers are summer flowers but recently, I have been putting in some spring flowers.  It makes me happy to see something pretty in my yard.  They are all perennials and I keep adding to them every year.  Someday soon, they will fill out.  I like imagining that day.

Just imagine, that knockout rose in a couple of weeks!

I hope that you have some flowers that are growing in your yard and if not, enjoy mine!