As Soon As The Ground Can Be Worked

the first Spring trip to Home Depot
(seed-starting soil and a new shovel--where on earth is ours?!  did we leave it at the geode beds???)

seeds

video making

first butterfly

first injury

hands that smell like catnip  ♥

dirt

talk:

birds, and how many there are in the world.
dna, and primates
monkeys, and they're involvement in planting trees in the rainforest....
"What do you call a singing reptile?"
"Uuuuuuh... I dunno."
"A raptile."
(She made it up.) "I don't know where I come up with these things."

making

ravens, circling

working

bird watching

Lesser Goldfinches

patio sitting.
in the shade.
with bare feet.

noticing

Praying Mantis sac--lots of them, again this year

front yard play--in the dirt, as usual

instruction reading

sizing

game making--a spirit animal game

it's a goodly sort of life.