hoping: for spring

it feels like the bleak post-christmas phase of winter has been going on indefinitely and with each day of overcast skies and brisk rain i feel a yearning for milder temperatures.  thankfully, in vancouver anyway, that time of year is just around the corner.  it's a slow transition, but by mid-march the trees should be blossoming and it's all uphill from there. 

earlier this week i saw some forsythia blossoms for sale at a sidewalk floral vendor and their yellow blooms cheered me up on a dreary, challenging day.  it made me feel that much closer to springtime, even if just for a moment.

hey, a shout-out!

thanks very much to alicia at the red deer - she included one of my happy little bunnies in this selection of lovely etsy things with flowers. that totally made my morning.

the bunny (second row, middle) is becca, one of a bunch of new bunnies that were recently born.

click through to find out more about the other flowery delights. i'm nuts about the second on the top row - morning, a print by yellena. i have a print from her shop already - one of raindrops - and it was the first thing i ever bought from etsy.

oh, and don't you just love that little red deer in her blog banner? he's so cute!