I love spring and am inspired at the first signs of it! Looking around me here on our little farm in the Willamette Valley, it appears that spring has sprung and it's only February!
The cheery yellow daffodils are in bloom and in the last few days the willow has been leafing out with its light green spring color and the star magnolia has popped out with beautiful white blossoms...and wait, that's not all! The seeds that were planted in our greenhouse earlier in the week are starting to show their green color above the soil. That is enough to bring me joy! Yet there is ev
en more: this weekend our first mama goat brought cheer and wonder with the birth of two cute little goats and then this morning we witnessed the birth of two more. One of those is a very healthy little doe and the other a little buck who was stillborn, a reminder that there are sometimes disappointments along with the joys of life on the farm and so with life in general. We are looking forward to what the next days will bring as more little goats are born, more seeds sprout, and buds and blossoms burst!!
