Was able to get my community garden plots turned over and raked, peas, lettuce, radishes, and carrots planted, then waited for rain. It came today. My plot is small, but working it, it seemed huge, until I started hilling up raised beds, oh where oh where am i going to plant all those seeds and plants now? Have a friend who is starting seeds at home, we are going to share the plot, and grandson is eager to help, found an interesting variety of corn for him!

I love Spring! Even the rain to start the seeds germinating!

A picture of the Chilhuly glass statue, with blossum stalks on Century cacti in front. Spent three weeks in Phoenix, AZ visiting my mother. It was so beautiful. I went to the Botanical Gardens, including went in to the butterfly garden, what magic! Butterflies everywhere!

The tempuratures got up into the high 80′s, which felt good after leaving cold, drury upstate NY! Seemed like I timed my visit right, lots of blooming cacti. I took a tour of the garden, found out that the Century cactus does not just bloom every hundred years, but when it has reached its maximum age, then sends out the flower stalk, blooms, fertilized by bats, and then dies. I continue to be amazed me by our incredible earth!

While in Arizona, I also went north about an hour to the Arcosanti Community, which secretly wish I could go and live and work there…they make wonderful chimes out of brass at their own foundry. http://www.arcosanti.org/