Spring Fever:
n.
A feeling of restlessness, excitement, or laziness brought on by the coming of spring.
Yep, that's me. Feeling as restless as hell; excited? Yes... but about too many things... I feel like I'm running from one thing to the next. I guess I am excitedly restless...
My plants are as anxious to get out in the sun as I am. But since it's only like 40 degrees out today, I think we will all have to sit tight just a little bit more. My living room and porch have turned into make shift greenhouses and every night I haul my plants back inside and every morning I haul them back outside again. Oh how I dream of having a greenhouse (hate you Janie!). I often think about the greenhouse I saw on Lake Vermillion a couple summers back... not lovingly used as I would but used instead to store old tools, lawn furniture, and stacks of Playboys. Certainly not getting the kind of respect it deserved! And this greenhouse was a REAL greenhouse with actual glass windows... it reminded me of the St Paul Conservatory, but on a smaller scale.
I do miss the cities especially this time of year... two reasons: St Paul's Farmer Market and their longer growing season. Jacquie's blog tells me that their lilacs are in bloom in St Paul... the leaves are just started to bud on the one I have in the back. I'm hoping it will bloom this year... my Dad and I planted it 4 or 5 summers ago and it still hasn't bloomed. The snowshoe bunnies chewed up the one in the front that I planted last summer... but I did spot one leaf budding... maybe there is still hope after all for that one.
I bought myself a kayak last week. 
I told myself that I would buy myself one when I graduated; but then decided to push it up to this year since this may be my last "free" summer. I took it out on Lake Loaine last week... it was glorious! Lake Loaine is a little trout fed lake about 5 miles up the road from me. So quiet you would think you were up in the mountains somewhere. 
There is a loon couple living there. I'll have to go back in a few weeks and see if there are babies. I also saw a couple of Osprey's -- one of them dove into the lake right near me for a tasty fish... came up with nothing though. The fish were jumping like crazy... one fisherman shared the lake with me... he floated around in this weird little inner tube thing. As I was leaving another fisherman arrived using a kayak and one fished from shore.
I told myself that I would buy myself one when I graduated; but then decided to push it up to this year since this may be my last "free" summer. I took it out on Lake Loaine last week... it was glorious! Lake Loaine is a little trout fed lake about 5 miles up the road from me. So quiet you would think you were up in the mountains somewhere. 
There is a loon couple living there. I'll have to go back in a few weeks and see if there are babies. I also saw a couple of Osprey's -- one of them dove into the lake right near me for a tasty fish... came up with nothing though. The fish were jumping like crazy... one fisherman shared the lake with me... he floated around in this weird little inner tube thing. As I was leaving another fisherman arrived using a kayak and one fished from shore.I'm hoping to get back out again on Thursday... let's hope it's not snowing or anything.
