Spring garden blooms!

A few weeks ago, David and I were ecstatic to see the little sprouts of activity popping up in the new flower bed we dug last November. We planted over 120 bulbs!

This is what we saw a few weeks ago:

Well, every day has been another beautiful bloom. The crocuses, which you can see above, were the first to peep out.

And today, this is what our garden looks like!!

We are just thrilled! Here's a close-up of the gorgeous daffodils, many of which David's mom Mimi gave us:

I think my favorites are the hyacinths, because of their incredible texture and scent. They smell like lilacs; just luscious. Here's one up close:

So we're definitely loving the garden. And the previous owners planted tons of tulips and daffodils all over the backyard and in the landscaping bordering the house, so we've got those popping up too!!

Okay, enough flower power talk. ;) How are all of you doing? Are you enjoying spring and did you have nice Easters/Passovers/Spring Solstices? (I think that covers everything but feel free to correct me.) We had a lovely time at the Giacobassis; they're a great family, both parents are in the MSO and there were lots of enthusiastic guests. I grilled tons of veggies a la my Aunt Bev's recipe (with the lime rosemary dressing) and topped them with goat cheese. All the red peppers, asparagus, eggplant and zucchini made for a gorgeous array. David made a carrot cake in the shape of a bunny. I love the whole bunny cake pattern; you bake two round cakes, one is the face and the other becomes the ears and the bowtie:

(that's not a picture of David's carrot bunny cake, though I did decorate his; that's just a random picture I found online to show you the basic idea.)

On our version, I used coconut for the bunny fur and a dried cherry for the nose, red licorice cut into thin strips for the whiskers, and raisins for the eyes and mouth. We were low on time and other cake decorating supplies, so I sprinkled some cinnamon on the ears for shading and so our bunny simply wore a camoflauge fuzzy white bowtie. ;)

That's about all for now. I'm really tired from a very intense (but fabulous) day of rehearsing Shostakovitch 11. More on that tomorrow...Shostakovitch is definitely one of my top three favorite composers. Any guesses on the other two? ;)

Write soon and let me know how spring is going for you so far.

Love,

Darcy