One of the joys of life...gardening on a warm spring day, rumble of thunder in the distance,

[NRaleighLiberal]

all sorts of birds singing around (the Summer Tanager just showed up a few days ago)....smells of lilacs and holly flowers wafting about. Filthy, dirty hands, sweaty, but satisfied with the accomplishments of digging in the dirt and dreaming of harvests to come.

so, the rumble turned into a reality - and the joy morphed into the fun of continuing to garden even though the rain is gently falling.

Happy Saturday, everyone. I am pretty easy to satisfy - today was a perfect day!

[LeftofObama]

1. You certainly do paint a pretty picture with words!

I love those kinds of days.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. .

thanks!

[hobbit709]

3. Yesterday we had a rumble in the distance. 5 minutes later it was hailing and coming down in buckets

[GentryDixon]

4. I so enjoy your posts.

I have a part time home in rural Harnett county. It has been a while since I have been there to enjoy the spring plantings.

I live in northern Utah where we have just gotten out of the snow blanket. We had 100% fish kill in our lake because of the heavy blanket of snow on the ice. My Rose of Sharon is just budding out. Butterfly bushes & Russian Sage are struggling to bud. I miss the ease of blooming I experienced at my home in NC.

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. thanks so much for your kind words...

it means a lot.

[In_The_Wind]

5. We has a gentle rain here all day. It was nice.

[UtahLib]

7. Gardening-the best therapy in the world. n/t