It is FINALLY spring.  It has been a lllllooooooonnnnngggggg, cold, grey winter/ “spring” ’round these parts this year (was that country enough for y’all?).

It’s almost the May long weekend and we are finally getting sun.  I finally had to cut the lawn.  I finally had to weed out the dandelions (which took Paul and I two hours each! . . . WITH a handy dandy dandelion digger-upper thingy).  Some of you may think that weeding and mowing the lawn is not something that one would be looking forward to, but I totally was!  Nuts.

But, I had my reasons for this . . . two reasons . . .

One: having to weed and mow a lawn means I have a lawn!  WHOOT!  I’m so happy where I’m living now.  A real house!  Who would have thought 🙂

Two: If the grass and dandelions are growing (weeds included) it means that the sun is shining and bringing everything back to life . . . from the doldrums of winter.  S.A.D. anyone?  Vitamin D is my best friend . . . best natural head meds you can find!

THREE (I said I had two reasons, oh well):  My garden is growing!  Rhubard is up, raspberry stalks are sprouting, and the seeds are in the dirt.  Yay!  I planted some stuff that I plan to use in my cupcakes, and I will be able to say I really made them!  Like, really!

This was my Mother’s Day Spring Bouquet.  Happy belated Mother’s day to all the fabulous Mother’s out there . . . especially to my own!

These next ones were an order for Mother’s Day cupcakes.  I had free rein to try whatever I wanted, so I got out my tools and set to work!

I love the orange rosette on these ones!

Happy spring everyone . . . knock on wood . . . fingers crossed . . . salt over shoulder . . . and all other superstitions that could work in our favour and keep the sun out!