Since the rain...

One of my very favorite recording artists of all time is Ian Tyson.  He sings real, true western cowboy songs....not redneck songs, not purtineer-pop songs, not whoopie-tie-eye-aye chuckwagon songs, but authentic cowboy music. 

He sings a song called "Since the Rain" from I Outgrew The Wagon album that starts out like this:

Since the rain

Things look so much better.

Since the rain

Honey, you should see it now...

That song has been dancing through my head for the last couple days.  It's glorious green, as far as my eyes can see and when I walk through the prairie bunch grasses, there are hundreds of tiny little flowers popping up.  This is the time to see Montana.  She's putting on quite a show, this spring. 

Yesterday, the kids and I spent most of the day outside, planting/unplanting and playing.  I got all my greenhouse plants plunked somewhere and a bunch of seeds scattered.  After a quick inventory, I seem to have too much oregano and not enough basil, too many tomatos and not enough pepper plants, too much flax and not enough daisies.  And the infamous white ghost iris is looking glamorous and stately, despite the wind. 

Here are some pictures from our yard. 

Anyone want a kitten? The white one is a male, the black one is female, both are kid-proof...

My beautiful stepping stone from Lori at Altered Glass!

Everybody's crazy bout a sharp-dressed man....

I don't know if you can read it, but his Wolverine underpants say, "I've got your back!"