oh happy day

 Sunny days make me happy. We don't have enough of them here in March. It tends to be a cloudy, rainy month. I spent some time in my back yard today pulling weeds - and actually loved it. (I know, talk to me in a month or two.) Even though temps were only in the 50's, I could feel the warmth of the sun penetrating through the back of my shirt and it felt so good.

I've always loved seeing hostas emerge from the earth, especially this kind (don't ask me the specific name) that ends up being a dark and light green striped variety. I always say it looks like asparagus at first.

Lilies are really taking off. This is our compost barrel, by the way.

No surprise that the mint is already taking hold in the herb garden. I clipped a lot of the dead branches today, but I need to actually dig some of this up.

I think the chives grow an inch per day now.

One hydrangea is unfurling; the one next to it is not. I don't have much luck with hydrangeas, for whatever reason. I've tried different places in my yard and they usually end up dying on me. 

I was surprised to see the lilac bush blooming already! It almost looks like miniature grape hyacinths, doesn't it?

Mr. Squirrel was very naughty today. He would not stay out of the bird feeder. I supposedly have a "squirrel-proof" one. Let me tell you...nothing is squirrel-proof. I left some peanuts for him on the fence posts and then he was happy.

 Indoors, I did some spring cleaning and took this white coverlet off the buffet to throw in the wash.

In the meantime, I decided to play with some color and used a thrifted scarf as a runner.

I like the white better, especially for spring and summer, but I'm liking the change of pace with this scarf, too.

I hope that your day held some happiness, too. :-)

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