I've always liked our house and have been relatively pleased with how our landscaping has filled in and bloomed and grown over the years. The winters are so BLAH with everything dead and gray. Then, once spring and summer are here, the front of our house never fails to brighten my day. This year however, I can't wait for the girls to "pick" flowers for me, pulling the actual blossom off its stem and squishing it in their dirty hands as they run up to me, handing it to me with love. Even the dandilions will be put in vases of water and look beautiful to me.

"The sweetest flowers in all the world - a baby’s hands." - Algernon Charles Swinburne