growing

springtime is slowly but surely making it into our backyard. i decided to rake around our little garden plot and get it cleaned up so the daffodil and tulip bulbs i planted in the fall could really soak up some sunshine. in the meantime, i discovered this lovely little hyacinth by the back fence that i don't remember being around last year. it's flower magic! we had a good deal of rain yesterday and everything seems to have grown at least an inch overnight. last year's attempt to grow some vegetables in the very same plot was, i hate to admit it, a big, fat failure. it was mostly neglect on my part (is it super lame to blame it on wedding planning?), but our shady trees also bear some responsibility. now that we just spent a lot of money getting those trees trimmed (if this whole public health/anthropology thing doesn't work out, i'm buying some professional-grade loppers and a cherry picker and going into business) i might give it another shot and promise to be a more diligent weeder.


my scarf is also growing! it's really a prettier, more vibrant shade of green than this photo would have you believe. i fear that i will never read another novel because knitting will completely and utterly take over my leisure time. fortunately, knitting hasn't even put a dent in my reality TV habit.
har de har.