One sure sign of Spring is all the seed catalogs arriving in the mail. I love the old-fashioned flowers best--cosmos, hollyhocks, lilacs, snapdragons and most of all, sweet peas. One of my favorite catalogs is from Fragrant Garden Nurseries .
This morning the pastures have a brown and faded look, like an apron that has had too many careless washings. Rural Free: A Farmwife's Almanac of Country Living by Rachel Peden
I am a wife, the mother of four grown sons, and nana to five grandchildren. I work part-time as a librarian/ archivist at a university library. I enjoy knitting socks, hats, mittens and other items for charity, reading, hand quilting, growing old-fashioned flowers, and bird watching.