Spring Cleaning

With temperatures nearing 70 along the Lake Michigan shores, and the promise of rain looming, Sunday was a perfect day to get a start on spring yard work.  Clad in old clothes and new rubber rain boots, Tadpole, Cricket, and even little Junebug set out to help their dad clean up the yard.  Shrubs and perennials were trimmed, leaves were raked, stray trash was picked up, and lawn ornaments were pulled from their winter resting places in the garage to be placed on display in the garden once again.  By the time the rain threatened, the kids had helped clear a load of materials for the compost site from the yard, and numerous shoots from spring bulbs had been uncovered.  The April showers arrived later in the evening, giving the crocus, tulip, and daffodil bulbs a thirst-quenching boost, and encouraging them to produce the May flowers we're all dreaming of enjoying.  With any luck, we'll have plenty of flowers before it's time to turn the calendar page to May.