A Touch of Spring!

shhhhh...I'm hoping that by posting this I don't scare this lovely season away.  Here in Southwest Missouri, it's never truly safe to count on weather. BUT, there are definite signs around my cottage that the long Winter is losing its grip.

The maple trees are absolutely spectacular! Lean back against the tree's trunk and look up. It almost feels surreal. Then, if you're really still and quiet, listen for the hundreds of honeybees busily gathering pollen from one of the earliest Spring sources. They are so busy in fact that I got just inches away to watch them pack their pollen sacs full of the red grains.  This amazing other-world has existed for hundreds of years. Until I became a beekeeper I never noticed a bit of it!  

A body could get whiplash trying to decide whether to look up at tree buds or down at the heaving Spring ground! Parsnips left in the ground to sweeten over Winter  have sprouted new hairdos. Well okay, in truth the ground froze too hard, too quickly to get the whole harvest in, but they do tend to become sweeter if left in their natural 'root cellar.'  Time to finish the last of the 2014 Harvest!

(Uncle Billy-the cottage's garden help)

 It's about time to shake of the Winter slumber...the work of Spring is about to begin. But until then it's nice to have a few days to just walk around in awe of all that God has created.