Needless to say Daddy is ecstatic to have his beautiful girls back at home - life is much more fun with you two around! This week spring has come to Drammen, the sunshine bringing everyone outdoors to play, marvel, bask, and of course, clean. I've started swimming once a week and was inspired to get a family pass to Drammensbadet, where we all went on Friday to begin our weekend. You loved the water and your mom and I had great fun passing you back and forth between us, making sure to dunk you just enough so you could splash, paddle and kick, but not so much that you would swallow water!
The day before we went on a lovely, long walk along the north side of the river (keep on the sunny side;-) underneath where the highway intersects with the train tracks and past the industrial area to the mouth of Drammensfjord. Yesterday we put up new blinds in everyone's rooms (a must with the everpresent light of this half of the year in Norway) and today we started our spring cleaning. Mommy cleaned out her closet - none of her clothes fit anymore because you've kept her so busy this past year - and I spent the morning in the garden assessing winter's damage: 3/4 of a rhododendron snapped off, one old blueberry bush broken beyond repair, and several other berry stems similarly ravaged by the cold and the weight of the snow and ice.
Not as bad as I feared, actually, and I think the berries will do fine after the pruning I gave them, as I saw many new shoots and buds on their stems. I was also delighted to see the rhubarb beginning to unfold its giant leaves, the tiny lupine leaves poking their way up through the dead litter from last year, and these burgeoning bluebells that will surely bloom this week if they can handle the still-freezing nights.
No comments:
Post a Comment