Spring Preview and Saturdays

DID YOU SEE IT? 


Right there, in the middle of the picture.  A crocus.  Popping it's head out from under the chilly soil. 

They're coming.  Spring is coming. 

I'm all excited about this, and then I think about what I was anticipating for myself come Spring.  When I was plant the bulbs, I thought, "Life will be so grand, so easy, when these bloom. The colors will reflect the colors in your life." 

So, I have some work to do, because these things are going to shoot up and I'm kind of in a less than colorful mood.  In fact, I'm still on the grey side. 

Most likely, I will snap out of it when we have more daylight.  I'm confident about that. 

I have a subtle reminder in my garden right now.  To be happy.  To snap out of it.  To look ahead to great things.

Even when the rest of the garden looks like this.

And the backyard like this.

And the sky?  Like this.

Not a lot to work with.  So, I improvise.

I create my own sunshine. 

I put on a very anti-winter skirt. 

It's wrinkly, but that's how I like it because that feels like Spring even more. 

I stand in the yard and stare at melting snow and think, "Hurry up."


Today, is Saturday and that makes things a little bit easier.  Lately, my days have no difference as far as activity goes.  I have really nothing to do.  But, for some reason, Saturdays feel different.  They feel a little bit lighter and with more possibilities.  

I have learned to love my Saturdays.  Most days we do nothing, and that's the way to do it.  We've spent the night before better, out on the town, catching up. We wake up the next morning with our own to-do list, part ways, and don't check in until late in the afternoon. 

I like spending my Saturdays tidying up, making the bed while the dog rolls around on the ground, while old episodes of Sex and the City play in the background.  I put on clothes that make me feel pretty and it feels like the day is so much longer (in a good way).  I spend time looking for great shops on etsy.com. I finish the afternoon with Barefoot Contessa reruns and I imagine making some of that food. 

That's how I like my Saturday. 

In a couple of weeks, I'll add "sitting outside on the patio furniture" to the day, while I watch purple crocuses bloom and welcome in Spring, officially. 

Until then, I'll encourage the yard to dry up and focus on the little bit of green that I have. 

Happy Saturday.