Spring has sprung...

I felt the need to change up the look of my blog again - must be a change in the seasons.
We got a deluge of rain over the weekend and now my yard is a brilliant green. It always amazes me how retina piercing that first spring green is. I'm not sure if it is because we are so accustomed to drabness or if the new tender grass is really a different shade of green this year.
The grass turning and the trees starting to bud really have me itching to garden. I used to be an avid gardener and just haven't had the time to devote to it. I plan to change that this year and put in some great flower beds. We added a big deck to the back of our house that spans across a large hillside. We dug out part of the hill underneath, added a retaining wall and made a parking spot. The area along the side of the deck going down the hill really needs some landscaping help and I have some cool ideas. Now to get rid of the mud and warm up the nights just a bit...