Making the Most of Outdoor Time
There is no denying it. The world is weird right now. Society as we know it has ground to halt except for essential workers - highlighting what many people have been saying for years. It's the retail/service workers who make the world go round. Hopefully, there'll be a global increase in respect for them after the pandemic. But this is not a ranty post about that. It's about Spring. I have found it so reassuring that while "the world" has been crumbling, the world has actually kept spinning and doing what it does. As I write this, our garden is delightfully over grown and we've had our first "We should probably mow the lawn" conversation of 2020. Our mint plants are sprouting up, begging to be turned into ice cream . Daisies are pushing their way through the grass. Hell, even our half dead Christmas tree from three Christmases ago is finally showing some signs of life. The laundry is hanging outside and I have dug out the wobbliest tab...