It’s that time of the year when I can spend an hour or two in the early evening weeding the lawn and the gardens. The dandelions don’t yet have their yellow beacons but their rosettes of indented leaves are easy to recognize.

Right now the lawn is carpeted in blooming violets. I wonder if it drives my neighbour crazy to see all those violets growing wild in my grass?

The side yard looks great this year with crocuses and “species,” tiny daffodils. It was worth the bother of planting them in the hard clay soil last fall.