Sunday, April 4, 2010

Hoppy Easter!

Hello everyone! It has been a couple weeks since we got back from California and it took daddy a while to get caught up. I guess he's still not caught up becuase he is helping me with this blog while taking a break from his writing in the basement. Whatever.


More importantly, Spring is here in Iowa! There are green shoots everywhere, leaf buds on the trees, and we've had a few days of 70+ temperatures. That's good, becuase all I want to wear is dresses and nice skirts. No pants!


Best of all, our daffodils are blooming! They look great! They are daddy's favorite flower, so he is enjoying every moment of it. Mommy's favorite flower, the tulip, is right around the corner. If our perfect Spring weather holds up for a couple weeks, we will have a perfect yield from out tulip garden and it will look SPECTACULAR!

Here's some pictures from Easter at Lake Pointe!

Here's a couple of views of the front of the house, including our best bed of daffodils

On the side of the house, we have more, next to the fairy's garden

The fairies live in those stones at the end of the path

See!  Here's the door to fairy's house!

Inside, the Easter Bunny brought me a really cool basket that I added to my Spring display in my room

Mommy and I are twins!   Cool jammies, huh?  Daddy made pancakes and we all ate them!

Here's the eggs I painted today.

After breakfast, we went out to the garden to pull up the "bad plants".  We are thrilled to report that the chives, oregano, sage, parsley, cilantro, leeks, lavender, and tarragon have all survived the winter and are growing back on their own.  The marjoram is in ICU right now, and the basil and rosemary are goners (but we didn't expect them anyeay)

These tulips will look spectacular!  We're on pace for a record tulip season, lets hope for no sudden cold snap

While daddy weeded, I blew bubbles.  Keep working, dad!

3 comments:

Barbara House said...

Sophie, Love your fairy door. You will need to visit Uncle Steve in Ann Arbor and see many more fairy doors!!!!!
Love
Boppy

Ada said...

Hi Sophie,
What a nice place for the fairies to live. I am sure that the fairies enjoy the beautiful flowers. Your daddy and I share a favorite flower- I love daffodils- my very favorite flower. There is nothing like their bright yellow skirt and cute little horn that shines as bright as the sun that warms their petals. Enjoy Spring- it's your season.
Love,
Ada

Patricia said...

Cheers for Spring and for Sophie! I love the photos- your flowers are glorious. I am so glad the Easter bunnie came with such a generous basket!

My dafs are doing well but the tulips are just sprouting. Our stream is very high and even has rapids. The days are so warm we are wearing summer clothes. Love, Gran