03.31.2025 | Monday in Lent

It's dark and chilly out in the Carondelet Garden on this last day of March.  The chill will stick around all day under cloudy skies.  The high may reach into the mid-50s.  A big change from this weekend.  By mid-week we should see some changes and quite a bit of rain.  We'll wait and see!

The raspberries have started to appear in the back garden.  I have to be honest as I didn't hold out much hope for these beautiful berry plants.  It seems our little Garden Doodle has taken quite an interest in these plants and would chew on them over the Winter.  Yet, here they are coming back with vigor and beauty.  I am constantly amazed at the resilience of some plants.  Just as I am constantly amazed when a plant suddenly dies for some unknown reason.  Ah, the life of an old urban gardener.  

One of the great luxuries of this time of year and this time in my life is lying in bed in the early dawn simply listening to the coos of the mourning doves.  Their soft wave of cooing sifts through the early morning stillness and always the most evocative and safest of all sounds.  The garden is a sensory delight.  The feel of the soil, the aroma of the plants, and the sounds of the birds all combine with the beauty of how things appear.  Hope is renewed.  Faith is restored.  Love fills the air.

April is right around the corner.  Spring is definitely here.  We may still have another frost, but the days are getting longer.  Joy unspeakable and full of glory.  Be good to yourself this week.  You deserve some goodness right now.  That's all the news from here in the Carondelet Garden.