There is something about Spring in Prince George that makes everything a little brighter.
The sun, for one, is out again after a winter of early nights and dark mornings. Of course, for people with small children, this is a mixed blessing.
Gone are the six-o-clock bedtimes that were easily instituted because, you know, the sun has gone to bed and so must the little ones. Now the mornings (using the term loosely because any time before five am is still nighttime) are punctuated by the sweet voice of a toddler, shout-whispering, "Mum, the sun has woken up! It's time for wake-ups." So we grumble and get out of bed at five am on the weekend to fully enjoy these beautiful spring days.
Even though it was a relatively good winter, it was still winter and I am itching to start gardening.
Last weekend I spent all afternoon outside with the kids tidying up the garden and looking for new growth. I didn't even complain (very loudly) when I couldn't find my garden shears and had to cut back the dead raspberry canes with a pair of kitchen scissors.
It was such a beautiful day, that the kids rode their bikes and ran around the entire afternoon in the front yard wearing T-shirts (no coats!) while my arms, face and hair were losing the raspberry cane battle.
Come springtime and garden season, I have to admit that I miss the warm Victoria weather.
You can grow fig trees in Victoria. Figs!
We can't grow figs but I've heard we can grow a really decent zucchini so I'm going to give it a go. This weekend I am planning to spend my birthday building garden beds, planting seeds and teaching the children about weeding.
This will be the first year that I am attempting to grow food as well as flowers so I am looking forward to fighting with our local squirrel who has been getting fat stealing the bird food. If the squirrel touches my zucchini though, all bets are off.
