Flowers start to bloom. The grass begins to turn green. There are green buds on the tree. Dirt in the air. Dirt due to the fact that it's still dry - we are waiting on our April showers.
Many people equate spring to "cleaning". Spring Cleaning.
It's time to clean - get rid of the dead.The clutter. The baggage you've been carrying around.
You can plant new stuff, but the stuff you plant in the spring - those are annuals. Things that only bloom once.
One spring and summer - that's all you get.
But first, you must get rid of the winter. The dead leaves that never left the yard. The winter clothes you haven't liked in years, but keep because well, they are easy to wear when it's dark and grey. The toys that are no longer played with. The snow blower you haven't used in years.
I had a juniper bush removed today. It ran the length of my drive-way. Figured it was planted lated 70's or early 80's when those things were popular. There was also a small one in the back yard taken out.
They are HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE plants. They take over. You can't trim them and stuff collects in them.
I also took the trampoline in my backyard down last week. Tomorrow is "big trash" day - and most of the pieces are already gone.
As I took the trampoline down, the memories kept leaking out my eyes. From the boys saving their money to buy it, to sleep overs, to man on the moon stories, too......
The bushes, I've hated for a long time. Although at the end of the day, the final count:
- 15 hockey pucks
- 13 tennis balls
- 12 lacrosse balls
- 2 frisbees
- 1 water bottle
(and I really can't believe a beer bottle or two wasnt' stashed in there, but if it was, the tree guy didn't let me know). All hiding in the bushes.
Hiding no more.
After all, it's spring, start fresh. Like the Earth.
