Spring At Last!

Spring is finally here, and it has certainly been gorgeous and very Spring-like in Southern Indiana for the past two days!  The ground is still quite wet from that soaking we got in the first part of the week, and a lot of creeks and rivers are just now starting to recede.  Our own creek behind our house did exceed its banks a bit, but not as badly as it could have. 

I'm hoping that it will stay dry this weekend so that I can do a little work in my flower beds.  I should at least be able to clean them out and get them ready for whatever I'm putting in.  I have iris that needs to be moved, too.  My lilac (from a cutting from my paternal grandmother's bush) is starting to leaf out, and I think I may actually have a few blooms this year.  The poor little thing has been cut down twice.  And my flowering almond (from a cutting from my mom's bush) is full of buds all ready.

I have been so busy this week with one thing and another that I haven't had time to visit many journals, so I am way behind.  And when I did have time to visit I just didn't feel like it.  I've had sinus pressure and allergy headaches this week.  One started Monday night and lasted until Wednesday morning -- one of those that depletes my strength for a day or so even after it's gone.

No news yet to report on the cockatiels.  Lucy is still spending a little time each day in her nesting box, and when I peek in there I can see that she's arranging feathers and shavings the way she wants them.  If she's in there when I peek in she hisses and actually jumps at me!  Very protective of her nest is our Lucy!  We've been making sure they get lots of sunshine because apparently it stimulates them to lay eggs.

Thomas is getting his boat ready for the season.  He and Eler Beth are chomping at their bits.  Hmmm.  That's probably not the right metaphor, but what would be a good boating metaphor?  Tugging at their moorings?  Yeah, that'll work.  Anyway, that's what they're doing.

And Andrew is finishing up his Senior year, so I guess that in itself is a good reason to be too busy to do much jounaling.  That reminds me, I need to take both kids to get their pictures made.  Andrew is picky about what pictures of him that I put on here, so I'll have to get his permission first, but I'll try to post one soon. 

Not much else going on here I'm afraid.  There has been a lot of illness, deaths (of family and of pets) in J-land recently, and other worries plaguing our J-land family.  If you aren't already a reader of the journal Call for Support, I suggest you drop by when you can to see who is in need of a little extra support.

Guess I'll run for now.  It seems like there was something else I wanted to write about, but I can't think what it was.  I need to make an entry in I Stand Corrected.  I have two subjects to write about, but just haven't felt like it.  Also I'm reading a fan-tabulous book right now that I want to write about after I finish it.  I waited for quite a while for this book and so far it is as good as I'd hoped it would be!  There, that's a teaser if ever I wrote one!

So bye for now, and hopefully I'll be back soon!

Thank you Donna for the beautiful graphic.