early days in the garden

the past couple of days have been beautiful. the snow in the yard is gone. i've spent the afternoons in the garden. raking. removing the burlap covering from the bushes (i always feel like i'm taking off a cast - revealing vulnerable pink flesh). i'm converting my large sun filled garden patch in the back to vegetables (from roses and perennials) so have been doing alot of digging and shifting of plants. we brought out the garden furniture and yesterday sat on the deck for a coffee for the first time this season.