SPRING JUST KEEPS ON GIVING

When Jim & I were looking to buy a cabin about 5 years ago,

we spent many weekends going with realtors looking for just the right place.

We almost gave up when the sales person showed us this tiny home.

It was May 

and the first thing I noticed were the lavender Lilac bushes on either side of the porch in full bloom,

my mother's favorite flower and color.

I personally believe in "signs"

That's when I knew this was the one.

Jim liked it because it was the only one that had just 3 steps to get to the front door.

Ha ha

So it was a done deal.

Well it's been 5 years since I first saw those Lilacs

and they have grown taller than the cabin and gotten so full

and are absolutely spectacular this year,

growing thru Jim's twig arbor he built.

Three maybe four years ago I planted this little snowball bush,

a cousin to the Hydrangea only a much smaller bloom,

and it has tripled in size.

These and so many other delicate plants and trees up on the mountain 

would never have grown for me 

down below in our hot Santa Ana Canyon.

So many wonderful firsts up here.

My mother, 

Aunt Elena (mother's sister) & Aunt Doreen (father's sister),

 and my maternal grandfather ,

who were all extraordinary gardeners,

 would have been so pleased and thrilled to see their green thumbs passed onto my son and I.

I'm holding out hope that one of these days my daughter's thumb will turn green as well.

Ha ha.