Today, I find myself sitting quietly on a Sunday morning listening to the birds sing. Laundry is washed and hung on the line. My daughter tidied the main living space and vacuumed the floor. The dishes are still piled high waiting to be tackled. Yet I find myself taking a moment to listen. The birds are so happy to have the sun shining again! 2 days of spring rain can make a person, let alone the birds, cranky.

  Spring is never as straightforward as everyone hopes it to be here on the East Coast of Canada. There are loads of reels and short videos online that mock and make fun of the ever changing weather patterns that we can experience in one day. From frosty mornings to sun that beats down at 25°C by midday and rain showers by the evening, a person must be prepared! Then suddenly, out of nowhere, we will have Summer. Hot, sticky, humid Summer. It all sounds a bit crazy, but I love it all the same. 

  We have been working on a few things around Yurt. Pete and the kids have been slowly working on the wood pile. We have 2 solid rows right now… We need 3 more to fill the lean-to. One weekend, we focused on cleaning the container and getting rid of the garbage that was lying around. It is amazing how quickly things can get out of sorts over the winter. Pete made improvements to our water monitoring system. He installed a wifi bridge that reaches to the bottom of the hill. Now, the switches are automated instead of timed. He now has a sensor for the water tank that tells the switch by the river to turn the pump on when the water gets too low. If something in the system isn’t working correctly, he gets a notification on his phone. This system has been working really well. This should hopefully help us in the winter to keep on top of the water situation. 

My son had the privilege of joining his grandparents in Germany to visit family in April. While he was gone, Pete and I worked on finishing their rooms. We finished mudding, sanding, and painting the walls. Then Pete glued down carpet tiles that we aquired for free. Lastly, we installed pegg boards for wall storage for both kids. Zahra uses her corner for her painting supplies, while Josiah has his corner set up with a desk for his computer.  (I don’t have pictures of Josiahs room finished due to us wanting to keep it a surprise for when he came home)

  I’ve really been enjoying my gardens this Spring. The rock garden needed some weeding and a bit or rearranging. Spring is always the best time to move plants around. The wild grass hill has filled in really well. Everything in the hill is growing at the same rate this year; it is not as patchy as previous years. Yesterday, I noticed that I actually have a lupin flower bud on one of the lipin plants! So exciting! However, my main project this spring was to seed the septic leach field with wild flowers. Since sowing them in early April, I have been waiting eagerly to see if any of the seeds would actually grow. And to my sheer delight, there are small baby wild flower plants growing! They are anywhere from an inch to three inches tall right now. I’m loving how these different areas are coming along. 

As I conclude this blog post, I hope you, the reader, make a point to venture outdoors. Find a garden to wonder around in. Enjoy the quiet moments, the bird songs, and the sound of the breeze blowing through the trees. Take a moment to breathe it all in… because today (no matter what the weather) is a gift from our Creator.