Welcome Spring

Yesterday was the first day of Spring, and although it's been a little slow to appear in Manitoba, it is surely on its way.  The sun feels warmer and the days longer.  The snow is even beginning to melt away.  Soon enough we'll be able to enjoy sitting outside and preparing our gardens for the growing season!

I love this image taken by Katrien of @growingwildthings this week.  She is the mother of three little boys in Italy and has the most beautiful Instagram feed filled with foraging wild flowers, creating handmade things with natural ingredients, and just living outdoors in their beautiful landscape.  Here she found a field of blooming violets near their house and picked a basketful to use for an herbal infusion and to add to a salad.  What a beautiful life!