spring is in the air

I think I inherited my grandmother's green thumb. I'm not up to her level yet; she had quite a knack for gardening--vegetables and flowers, and even cannabis for a while, albeit unknowingly (she thought the leaves were pretty). But on this beautiful spring day when the sun is shining and the temperatures are supposed to reach 67 degrees, I can't help but itch to get home to Michigan and start doing yard work, cultivating my flowers and thinking of new ways to coax the beauty out of nature. Eventually, I'd love to have an oasis in our backyard, and although we've been hunting around for the perfect landscape design for a while, I finally found it a few weeks ago--in the center court of a mall.

That's right, a mall. A local landscaping company had set up a model of a brick patio and landscaping scheme for a yard. I happened to have my camera in my purse, so I took some pics. My husband thought it was "very cool" (a bit of an understatement and a disappointment to me), but I think we'll attempt to do this or something like it--someday, perhaps a little at a time, perhaps by ourselves, perhaps by hire--in our backyard. In my dream world, I'd be at home with no concerns about money or studies and working away at a master plan, a landscaping consultant on hand to help me choose the right plants and look for our property. My dream world will probably have to wait, but in the meantime, I can show you the general idea (sans the mall, of course). And green thumb, you only have a few more weeks to wait before you can start spending at least a portion of your days in the sun!