Peter Cottontail and all his rabbit friends have made there way from the attic to the  bays, corners, halls & tables of CTG’s. We have over 200 bunnies on display along with a extensive collection of Lenox eggs, bunny figurines & baskets. The place is overflowing with eggs and Easter grass. It seems every year when the boxes go to the attic those darn bunnies do what bunnies do naturally and they seem to multiply. It doesn’t help that I keep bringing them into the house via shopping bags. HaHaHa !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  We have gotten plenty of use out of the white Christmas tree. It is now adorned with pink lights making it the Easter tree. We have bunnies, ducks, eggs, carrots, crosses, garland made of carrots and of course a few lenox ornaments. What would a holdiay be without Lenox. We will be making our annual trip to the Broadway Market for that butter lamb, rye bread, chocolate covered strawberries, cannolies, ham & homemade polish sausage. Yum !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  That is such a fun day. Tomorrow we will be filling the house with lillies, hyacinths and primrose. Fresh flowers bring such wonderment & delight to the home. Not to mention that wonderful aroma from the hyacinths. It is a beautiful thing.

We have started spring cleanup in the gardens the red garden has been raked and the lilly beds cleaned up. The driveway garden is also cleaned up and ready for spring. The bulbs are busting through and the greenery is getting greener  everyday. We have again installed fencing with smaller holes this time to keep those darn rabbits out. They were reaking havoc on the tulip greens. We have solidified some new plans for the garden. We will adding a walk through pergola that will pass through the vegetable beds. We haven’t decided what vine we will planting on it yet. We are going to be removing some of perennials from the formal beds and adding some more bushes/greenery this year. Trying to cut down on the amount of annuals that will be planted. It just seems like there is so much to do and so little time we figured this is one way to keep planting to a minimum.  We have one more light post to install and we will be adding some additional lighting to the front shade garden. We are currently working on the antique doors that will be installed in the garage as a new entry way. This project is coming along nicely and will be just wonderful when complete. I have been scouting out CL for some new pieces for the entryway. Nothing has quite hit me yet but I am sure I will find something.

With spring upon us and all the work that has to take place outside we won’t be doing much inside. Our time will be focused on the gardens. I am going to begin the painting process on those jumbo leaf castings. I have some wonderful ideas so stay tuned, I will be posting some pics as I work through the process. The  next few months will be spent playing in dirt, creating a beautiful landscape &  hopefully getting in shape from the winter hibernation. Not looking forward to all those leg squats, deep knee bends & the endless trips of walking to the greenhosue. Yippie Spring is Sprung !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  TTFN