Finally, the sun came out without hesitation or thick clouds to break through. We all went outside at Bedlam Farm to commune with our animals, soak up the sun, and liberate our gardens from winter.

My raised bed was liberated, I found a new and nearby source for some of my flowers, and Maria dug out her garden, still frozen in parts and full of dead stems.

(No farmer’s market today, I got the dates mixed up.)

Zip took in the sun, and so did the donkeys. A photo journal of our celebration of Spring. It was a return of the Peaceable Kingdom; Zip joined us in the pasture with the donkeys; they have wholly accepted him, and he has returned the favor.

He is central to the farm and almost everything that happens here. I’m getting ready to choose the plants I want to put in the garden bed just before Memorial Day next month. Today, Spring was here; no earthquakes, floods, downpours, or snow.

Time for the raised garden bed to thaw and freshen up. Planting is a month a way.

Maria and the donkeys have a great love for one another, seeing the three of them sitting out in the sun together makes my heart sing.

Zip took in the sun from his wicker chair on the back porch. He loves to nap in the sun. I got a cat brush, am brushing him.

Getting the gardens ready, shoring up some fences in the back pasture.