The thing that amazes me about spring isn't is that similar magic occurs every year (in fact, even before you were born).
We spent the week drinking it all in:
Above: Magnolias, magnolias, magnolias. Photograph by Sfatrajan via Flickr.
I played hooky from the office one afternoon to Visit The Native Plants at the Sf Botanical Garden. No regrets. In fact, I may do it again next week—meet me there?
Feeling a sudden crafts-y urge? No need to apologize; I too am eerily attracted to the idea of making a DiY Bird Feeder.
Above: Photograph by Janet Hall.
Janet thought she was over vertical gardens until the preview of the annual San Francisco Decorator Showcase this week. A living vertical wall in the Georgian mansion's courtyard displayed plants that we thought could only be planted in a horizontal garden: conifers, cascading maples, grasses and forest understory. The Decorator Showcase opens this weekend.
Warm weather. Mouse problem? Try a Garden Defense Electronic Owl; "when a sensor in the battery-operated plastic bird detects a woodland creature, the owl’s head turns to fix the intruder with a murderous stare intended to frighten it away," reports the New York Times.
Laundry on the line is a given for the next six months. The Great Debate: wooden clothes pegs or pinch clips? A reader named Sarah says: "The old-fashioned peg style clothespin may look lovely, but the pinch-clip was developed for a reason. It holds on to the clothes when there's a wind! I learned this the hard way."
Spring cleaning? We are intrigued by the Best 10 Cleaning Products of All Time.
Lazing in the sun, avoiding all chores? Take a Book and a nap.