{"id":504,"date":"2025-07-06T13:26:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T19:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/?p=504"},"modified":"2025-07-06T13:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T19:26:54","slug":"watching-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/?p=504","title":{"rendered":"Watching Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring- The rush and the wait<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All Winter I can&#8217;t wait for the ground to thaw so I can get to work in the garden. Then February arrives and our shelf grows fuller and fuller of plants joining me in the wait. Until it&#8217;s time to move outdoors again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240422_115958-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240422_115958-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240422_115958-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240422_115958-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240422_115958-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240422_115958-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then April and May roll around with warm weather and we spend more and more of our time outdoors. Small bits of green throughout the garden bring joy as I watch the garden fill in and see our hours of work accomplishing something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250523_185812-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250523_185812-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250523_185812-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250523_185812-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250523_185812-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250523_185812-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250523_185801-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250523_185801-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250523_185801-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250523_185801-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250523_185801-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250523_185801-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then Summer arrives with transformation boosting growth creating green all around and small harvests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250706_124726-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250706_124726-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250706_124726-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250706_124726-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250706_124726-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250706_124726-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250706_124736-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250706_124736-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250706_124736-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250706_124736-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250706_124736-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mother-of-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250706_124736-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I can&#8217;t wait to see what the garden produces this year!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring- The rush and the wait All Winter I can&#8217;t wait for the ground to thaw so I can get to work in the garden. Then February arrives and our shelf grows fuller and fuller of plants joining me in the wait. Until it&#8217;s time to move outdoors again. 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