We have had a quiet spring so far, everybody keeping busy at home, but not too many things to document. But everything has turned green for real now, and the snow has receded to just caps on the mountains…I have to show off Idaho in April and May with some scenery.
My favorite time of year in a lot of ways…the wildflowers are out, and everything is so vivid and beautiful that I have to snap pictures when we drive anywhere, even though we’ve seen it all before.
Just a sampling of what we see out the windows this time of year. But there’s no way to capture the bigness and scale…the camera always cuts it off!
Irrigation ditches are once again full, making ribbons of water through the landscape.
Coming around a curve to find cows on the road on the way home…one of the blessings (or sometimes frustrations) of country living.
Mama and Daddy’s new Big House is well under progress.
Everything feels enormous with just the stud walls up! Funny, because when the footers were poured, all the rooms felt too small.
Just one of the views from the living room windows…
…and here is what Janna will see from her bedroom in just one direction.
There is a nice view of the Plateau – a very different topography – from the other upstairs end of the house.
Here at home, Janna’s herbs are doing well; the strawberries, crab apple trees, and lilacs are starting to bloom.
We have had a surprisingly dry spring. Where last year people were trying to brand in 6 inches of mud, this year the weather has been lovely. Rain has been needed at times, but we’ve also had some nice showers now and then, so we will see how things go. Thankfully the snow load on the mountains was good last winter, so hopefully there will be enough water in the reservoirs even if we have less rain…it’s just that the dry land really needs rain in the spring or they won’t be much good for grazing at all.
Hopefully what we received will give the rangeland a boost, and perhaps we will get more rain in May…but for the most part I sure didn’t miss the muddy season this year.
The Jolly Jumble 
Hi Kristen, Just want you to k ow that I have retired From Annie’s. I had surgery in Feb and I am still recovering from it. This was God’s timing not mine. Grant/Jess are living with us right now. They left Laos when the virus started. They closed the borders to Thailand and that is where they get all their medical done. They plan to go back when the borders open again . We are thinking July. Take care and please stay healthy! Blessings, Sara
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