Use all your senses in the garden

 

The first thing I read this morning was Kelly Rossiter's lovely post on Planet Green. I thank her for reminding me to use my hearing -- not just sight, smell, taste and touch -- to experience the Spring garden. And not feel strange about going out in the middle of the night to witness the remarkable.

Sakura

Green is my forever favourite colour, but lately I've been smitten by soft shades of pink and so I now find myself writing a post about a subject that although "in-season" is neither edible nor on my balcony: cherry blossom-watching.  

This Easter Monday I had "good intentions" to spend the day indoors, working on spring cleaning, garden planning (I'm w-a-a-a-y-y behind in this) and seed sowing,  but....you probably know where I'm going with this...mid-afternoon sunshine and a restless Westie nudged me outdoors. I didn't put up much resistance. And a short walk turned into more than two hours of viewing sights like this: 

 

and this: 

 

 I'm looking forward to Bike the Blossoms with Slow Food Vancouver .   As I write this I realize I've just made an "edible" connection so perhaps I can publish this post without overstretching the blog's boundaries.

Happy Easter

After the Easter services, egg hunts, brunches and dinners I hope you will have time to enjoy some Garden Time, however you define it. I love these first-day-of-Spring suggestions I read on Good 'N Planty (a new favourite gardening blog) and pass them on to you today:

 sniff a daffodil

hear a robin

eat a peep

feel a patch of moss

notice the buds on tree branches.