Spring Is Here.... and Oh! How I Need It!

I know we are a week early (officially), but the crocuses are out and (apparently) I have tulips in my yard! It has been 60 degrees the last several days and should remain that way for the rest of the week! In just a matter of weeks (giving the weather stays warm) we will start seeing green on the tops of the trees. Chris and I cleaned and organized our shed and it is so nice to be able to walk into it without bikes falling everywhere! I dusted off all the desert dust (we have a lot of that in Rifle) on our patio furniture and it looks lived in (or on) again! The sun is shining through the windows from the extra hour of daylight and I am just so happy to be alive. I know that is corny, but after waiting out our first winter in the mountains - with limited transportation - and paying my own heating bill for the first time in my life, I am ready to crawl out of my hibernation den and get to work outside! And what a perfect day for this revelation: Palm Sunday - the first day of the most beautiful week in history. Here I am spring! I am ready!