spring

A beautiful friend of mine shared this poem with me & I was encouraged.

Peonies 

by Mary OliverThis morning the green fists of the peonies are getting ready
   to break my heart
     as the sun rises,
        as the sun strokes them with his old, buttery fingers

and they open--
   pools of lace,
      white and pink--
       and all day the black ants climb over them,

boring their deep and mysterious holes
    into the curls,
      craving the sweet sap,
        taking it away

to their dark, underground cities--
   and all day
      under the shifty wind,
       as in a dance to the great wedding,

the flowers bend their bright bodies,
   and tip their fragrance to the air,
     and rise,
       their red stems holding

all that dampness and recklessness
    gladly and lightly,
      and there it is again--
        beauty the brave, the exemplary,

blazing open.
    Do you love this world?
      Do you cherish your humble and silky life?
       Do you adore the green grass, with its terror beneath?

Do you also hurry, half-dressed and barefoot, into the garden,
   and softly,
      and exclaiming of their dearness,
       fill your arms with the white and pink flowers,

with their honeyed heaviness, their lush trembling,
    their eagerness
      to be wild and perfect for a moment, before they are
        nothing, forever?

lately.

spring is here & we are happy. 

the pups love to run on the Path while I people watch & talk to fishermen. 

Emily sent me some rad music that I have been obsessively listening to(Kim Janssen). Thanks my girl!

made lavender soap with Bek.

making lots of compost tea out of my daily juice leftovers and coffee grounds.

made blackberry jam when I discovered all the wild blackberries in my freezer that I forgot about, Ben's grandparents graciously give them to me every year from there beautiful 5 acre plot. 

went to Bluegrass Burgers for the first time & it was AMAZING--so many local options.

Ryder is obsessed with Morg and it is hilarious.

Ben is finishing the fence & testing the power of the 4Runner to pull stumps out of the ground with its V8 beauty. 

It has been 4 weeks since the bicycle accident and I finally got back on the ole stick--it feels sooo gooood my friends!

went to the Sojourn women's retreat, camped with Morg in the Kelty 2-man tent, & played some awesome kickball.

the garden is doing great--had to prune my seedlings.

"there's a snake in my coop"--yep Ben smashed its head. 

the pups are cuter than ever--Ryder is officially an old man.
good things.

happy spring.