Homemaking Mondays: Hope for What is to Come

Hello!
I hope you are having a beautiful day!

There are so many little things that have been 

coming into my days this week to make me smile.

Like pulling out the last of the garlic from the pantry

to tuck up with the ginger and onions by the stove. 

I also decided to hang up my ladle measuring spoons.

Convenient and pretty as well.

With the spring has brought bouts of snow and rain.

Oh I do love the sound of the rain on the metal roof

as I go to sleep at night.

The plants are doing well and I look forward to planting 

them out in another month or so.

I've had some computer issues this past week

and I'm so thankful that I have a husband and son 

that are skilled at getting me what I need to be 

back online again.

I've opened up my greenhouse again for the season.

I've been arranging pots to organize them 

for the plants I'll be growing in them.

Even with all the snow outside it's quite nice in there.

I plucked off my boots and went barefoot.

Hung up my coat and enjoyed the warmth

and cooling as the clouds passed over the sun.

I started my first greens out there:

Spinach, lettuce, kale, & swiss chard.

It's not a heated greenhouse so I've put on some frost protection.

Some plastic and then a couple layers of row covers.

I'm starting small.

Trying not to get too ahead of myself. 

It's hard when you have the itch to grow things again.

I will be planting my carrots in pots today.

Just one more little step.

I took my seeds out to the greenhouse

and the sticks to mark things

but then had to go back to the house for a marker.

One can never seem to remember everything on the 

first trip out there.

I also got the staple gun and patched up a spot in the plastic

that had come apart with all the snow on the roof.

So...it's all good now for the season.

I also would like to share with you the pillow cover 

I crocheted. 

I had started it as a blanket but found

that it was just too heavy and dense.

I loved the pattern so I finished it off into

a pillow.

It's so soft and beautiful.

The colour was called night sky.

Here is a little touch of green for you.

I love how in the spring 

the first signs of colour come

from the mosses.  

Some tucked in the garden as this is,

some amongst the rocks in sunny patches of the yard.

Little bits of hope for what is to come.

Thanks for dropping by! 
I pray you have a delightful day! 

Love and Prayers,

Jennifer