This Weekend in my Garden

Good day, blog friends.

I hope this Monday morning finds you well and happy.

♥

It seems weird that I haven't really played in the dirt for almost six months now! My yoga teacher training was awesome and time consuming, but now that my schedule of classes has relaxed a bit, I can get back to a little gardening. Plus, Arizona weather in late January? My favorite!

 

I planted some snapdragons in my garden about a year ago, and I was amazed at how long they lasted. I got lucky with the location I suppose, and the sun/shade ratio was just right to keep them growing through the crazy hot summer of 2014. And now that spring 2015 is around the corner, check out the sweet little volunteer sprouts I have popping up in my garden. I was so excited to see these, and there's a good possibility that my garden will be mostly purple snapdragons this spring and summer. {Note to Ma Nature: Thanks for making it easy on me this year!}

My basil plant is not the prettiest plant in the mix, but new little leaves kept me from yanking the entire thing out of the ground. Instead I clipped it back and brought in a few pieces to see about starting a new plant. Basil is super easy to propagate, so if everything goes according to plan, I should be able to put these back in the dirt in a month or so...

I'll admit that my time spent in the garden yesterday afternoon wasn't much - I basically pulled a few obvious weeds and then switched tools. I traded the garden trowel for my camera and called it good...

Last night's setting sun lit up our gigantic eucalyptus tree, and you can see our scraggly little blood orange trees struggling to survive in its shade.

And now I sit here on Monday morning, typing a blog post and thinking about rolling out my yoga mat before it's time to get ready for work. I think of the weekend gone by and I'm grateful for all of the things that kept me entertained and also for some much needed relaxation time.

 

There's a new week on the horizon, filled with all kinds of possibilities.

I hope it's wonderful for each of you.

♥