For it is in giving that we recieve

The absolute end of winter.

I haven't come close to posting anything for a week, but I have a good excuse... I've had nothing to post about! Last weekend I went to Boston to finish up a few things at my old apartment and spend a very small amount of much needed time with Micah. I drove back to Vermont at 7:30 in the morning on Tuesday and went straight to work at Yestermorrow. I knew something wasn't quite right while I was there, but it wasn't until I got lost on the back roads home (I tried a different route...) that I knew I was definitely coming down with something. So, I needn't say any more than: for the past 8 days, I have been sick. First with a flu, then to the hospital with a kidney infection, now with migraines... it seems never ending. But I was put on some pretty heavy duty medicine to knock the infection out of my body. Thankfully, it's doing a great job.

My drive from work to home on Tuesday was foggy, literally and mentally. The clouds settled in a pretty amazing way over the mountains, I'd never seen it like that before. I ended up going "over the mountain" to a town which I thought wasn't too far from home, but ended up being 40 minutes away. Oops. I guess I couldn't have picked a better week to be sick. It was cold, it was rainy, it was even snowy. I doubted everyone saying "Don't be surprised if we get more snow before spring really hits!" But they have lived here for many springs and I have lived here for none. Never doubt the locals. Though none of it stuck, we were all pretty upset about it. I managed to get out of the house a couple of times, once to run errands with Alex in Burlington. And once to see Matt, my old roommate from Boston who coincidentally moved to Burlington one week after I did.

I feel almost as though the past week didn't exist. For the most part I feel like I was floating a few days behind my body. Yesterday was the first day that I was woken up with the sun and knew immediately that I was getting better. I spent the morning yesterday around the community with Josh. Then around lunch Alex, Toby and I brought Josh into Burlington for the day. I've never had full responsibility of a child that age, especially in a city environment. But it was fun. Alex and Toby went off on their own for the most part, so Josh and I mostly hung out outside with his stroller and the sun. Today I spent the entire day in the greenhouse and garden with the exception of a short bike ride after lunch. We got a lot done, and it feels so good. It's been a very hard week with too much time to myself to think about things, but I'm realizing that I'm growing just as quickly as the plants around me.

Heaven's reaching down onto the hills.

Yes, it snowed. Yes, it was terrible.


Matt and I had amazing green tea at Dobra Tea. If you're ever in Burlington, go there.

Dobra Tea

The kids are selling rocks now. They actually made $22 dollars, but mysteriously all of the rocks are still there!


Rose and Steve in the Kitchen.

Meet Ben (front) and Dan (back). I think they're gonna get me into some trouble this summer.

All of my plants are growing quickly and very happily. Thank God there's someone to care for them if I can't.

Some of the hanging baskets that Nicholas and I made today. There are about 30 for sale now.

Alex and I decided to buy Josh a bed as a surprise for Madeline (his mum.) You should know he did sleep comfortable before on a mat when he outgrew his crib, but he kept rolling off into the walls. I've never seen a cuter site than a 2 year old in his miniature bedroom in a miniature bed... asleep.

The back porch never gets old.

Alex and I took Josh on a walk across the street.

It is hard to give justice to a hard days work, and hard to see in this picture... but...today we planted 3 full rows of parsley, 3 rows of broccoli, and 2 rows of spinach!

My project for part of the day was making hanging baskets to sell with petunias.

If you look really closely (click the picture to zoom in) you can see a coyote. My first sighting so far! It was really big and fluffy, I thought maybe it was a wolf but there was no pack so assumed otherwise.

Getting taller and fuller.

Aiden building the roof on the garden stand!