A new little person has come into the world this past weekend.  I know it sounds cheesy, but every birth is really quite a small miracle - one minute there's a little thing inside of you jumping on your kidneys, and the next that little thing has a face and a voice and a personality.  It's amazing.

Along the lines of new life, the home has really sprung to life recently - I fenced in the raspberries, the apple tree is finally in bloom, and the garden is officially in.  I love my backyard in the spring.

Even though my yard is horrible and full of violets and grubs, it's so pretty!  And the grubs attract all sorts of birds and small mammals (my first time mowing I got a rare above-ground glimpse of a little gray mole!)  So, even though I try to keep the front yard neat and tidy, I have sort of married myself to the beautiful chaos of the backyard.