A Tradition of Dirt

The week after Thanksgiving last year, the weather warmed enough for us to prepare the garden for spring. We removed tomato cages and left bulges of squashed squash and sad mounds of forgotten cherry tomatoes behind to feed the dirt that fed them. This year was the same, so I think I'll just plan on procrastinating every year in hopes that the weather will cooperate.

Millie helped haul rocks.


She also raced around with Annie.


...who requested I take her picture here. (We took the training wheels off this past summer, and it's funny to see her tearing around on this little bike.)


Susannah hunted hibernating bugs at the base of the shed.


And she made this darling face on the swings when she saw the camera out.