It doesn’t get any better than sand hill plum jelly, or at least Calvin and many of my family believe that to be true. Calvin watches the sand hill plum bushes that grow alongside the road near our home and studies their progress like most guys study football.
In the spring I hear how the bushes are beginning to bloom and how the blossoms are so fragrant. I’ve grown to expect the large bouquets of blossoms that are brought into the house in whatever vase is at hand. [Read more…]
Every spring when I see the perennial flowers bud in such vivid color against the bleak backdrop of my still overgrown flower bed I am swept with the realization that I just don’t deserve them. What have I done for these little gems of beauty over the past winter months?
Their internal clocks seem to be set for the time when it seems there is no hope for winter to ever end. In fact, the crocus find their way through the soil and often through the snow as if to be a reminder that the hope of spring is here. [Read more…]