My Garden, Blogging T-shirts and Other News

I'm excited. Can you see them? They're there in the photo. Do you know what they are? If you guessed tulips sprouting up through the soil in my southern Ontario flower garden, you are correct. This is a sign that spring is on the way. Officially it will be here Thursday, but the weatherman is saying we will still be seeing snow into April. That is not what I wanted to hear, but these little sprouts give me hope that he is wrong.

The other thing that is sprouting in my garden is hyacinths. No, there weren't any snowdrops, but I may have missed them. They may have bloomed beneath the piles of snow we had here and still have in some places. We are lucky to live on the north side of the street. We have tulips blooms because the sun shines on our property all afternoon. Our neighbors on the south side of the street have lots of snow in their yard and it won't be gone for a while. They have shade in their side yard most of the day at this time of year. Hope you enjoyed the photo. I couldn't get a good one of the hyacinth sprouts. They are barely peeking through the soil, but they are there.

Denise at Samaritan Women is a very talented person. She has an artistic flare that is incredible. Denise had a contest for a slogan for a T-shirt that could be distributed to bloggers. She has announced the winner over a Sew the Word and is offering the T-shirts for sale at a very reasonable price. Be sure to drop over and take a look. The T-shirts come in a variety of colors that will be a hit this spring.

Mama Bear at Bears in Exile is recruiting people to take part in a Circle Journal. The idea is that a group of Internet friends will agree to journal for two weeks and include stickers, newspaper clippings, photos and other embellishments to tell a bit about their lives and what is happening in their part of the country. When the two weeks are up, you will mail the journal on to the next person on the list. This will continue until everyone has taken their turn, then the Circle Journal will make the rounds once again so everyone can see what the others did. Some of my blogging buddies are already taking part and I hope some others will as well. This is going to be a LOT of fun. Run over to Bears in Exile and sign up now.

Awards are always fun. Today I received the two below from Storyteller at Small Reflections. Thank you so much Storyteller. You made my day.

I would like to pass the Excellent Award to the following:

Jackie at In the Land of the Living Skies.

Tammy at Family Doin's

Lady Di at Kitty Justice

Willow at Willow's Cottage

Stacey at Stacey's Treasures

I always enjoy visiting your blogs and hearing what is happening in your neck of the woods. Congratulations!

I would like to present the above award to everyone on my blogroll. Enjoy and Happy Easter.

The graphic above is one of my Easter postcards. Feel free to take a copy if you'd like. I have dozens of these vintage cards and I enjoy looking through them each year around Easter. There are so many beautiful images.

Enjoy your week and be sure to take a little time for yourself. I'm always urging my readers to do a kind deed for someone and today I'd like you to do it for yourself and then post to let me know what you did. ~Blessings, Mary~