Removing Winter

The sun has been out this week, and in the last days before Knut is gone in the fields, he drove an old farm tractor from his uncle’s house over so that we could remove the protective winter blanket of leaves from the roses.  We fence in the rose garden, and pack the leaves in good to keep our roses safe.

Then in the spring, we throw open the windows of the house, leave our socks and heavy jackets inside, and remove all the winter leaves from the gardens, and let them breathe a bit too.

The lighting was perfect, so I had to grab my camera.  It tells me I took over 200 pictures that day.  Whoops.

I’m happy to announce, I’ll only show you the best ones, and not all 200+.

Solveig and I were actually out first.  She’s a particular little lady, who likes to wear her bonnet and a necklace at all times, as well as the color pink, if possible.  Yellow or purple is sometimes a fine substitute.

We were playing in the fine weather, and then Knut got home, and he called all the kids to come out and help.  We had to load all of the leaves into the old manure spreader.  We all helped, and then Knut took us all on a ride across the street to our field to “dispose” of our old leaves.

I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.

I love them all so much it hurts sometimes.  Who knew a human heart could hold so much?