Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Thanks for the shamrock, Lydia!

 Here's the lovely basket of goodies I won in Lydia's Giveaway!!
All such pretty things...Thanks, Lydia. ♥

And now a few photos from my backyard (taken this afternoon) as we eagerly usher in spring - if only the snow would stop falling!!

 Our sidewalk, March 16, 2013

Bless his heart, Kevin keeps that boardwalk shoveled. What a good man! I know I complain about the snow, but I think that we've had more than our fair share, (Good grief! I can even hear a whiny voice saying this!) and this white stuff has been around since November. It doesn't snow and melt, like it does in some places. Oh no, NW Wisconsin likes to hang onto its snow! And it's starting to get on my nerves!

 Our driveway, March 16, 2013

But then I think of Pam (EmptyNest) and Jenn (Jenn's Food Journey) and realize that I wouldn't want to be heading into 80s or 90s this time of year. What I suspect will happen this spring is that we'll get about 2 days of spring and then summer will be here. That happens quite often.

With all this snow, it's a little hard to get excited about planting garden seeds, but I need to get that done tonight or tomorrow afternoon. After all, if we can trust history to repeat itself, springtime will actually eventually arrive and those little seedlings will need to be ready for planting in the garden the beginning of June.

I think I'm only going to start Carmen peppers, Early Girl tomatoes, Poblano peppers, Jalapeno peppers, Cayenne, and  maybe another variety of tomato.

Are your garden seeds started? What did you plant?

Have a great St. Patrick's Day!

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