Spotted: Pretty Daffodil Bloom!
What a treat these past few warm days have been. Warm-er days, I mean. Warm enough to be outdoors yardening!
I've continued on my mission to clean up flower beds and freshen up the porches a bit.
I've weed-whacked, raked, and dragged off debris, then burned it, which I find very satisfying.
Out with the old, in with the new. (The New Year really should start in spring, if you ask me.)
I have a few crocuses blooming; daffodils are up and developing buds too. That's why I want to make sure all the dead vegetation is gone so they can really show off in a couple more weeks!
We still have not planted peas...the weather forecast is calling for cold and possibly some snow this weekend, so we figure they wouldn't grow much yet anyway.
The grandkids (kids too) are enjoying the nicer weather. They've been here in the afternoons a couple of days this week, and we've been playing basketball and wiffle ball. My knees protest a little, but I'm thankful that I can still play with the kiddos. It reminds me of the days when our girls were young. I always enjoyed passing a ball with them or playing volleyball, etc.
I sometimes listen to a podcast called "One Thousand Hours Outside" when I'm working around the house. Host Ginny Yurich emphasizes how important spending time outdoors each day is for kids--and everyone!
In a recent episode, Ginny's guests were a mother/daughter duo who have written a book called Play is Practice for the Future. They spoke of how play teaches impulse control and how a study of mass murderers found that a factor they all had in common was a lack of childhood play!
Wow.
They talked about the value of unstructured play. Riding bikes, climbing trees, skipping rocks--all these old-fashioned past times help ground and settle kids.
So do barnyard sports, I'm sure!
Unfortunately, play is often considered unproductive or wasted time, but there's an old saying for that.
You know, all work and no play makes ____ a dull girl!
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