This week I have seen: blue sky, temperatures above zero, daylight at tea time, the tips of this years daffodil display in the garden, my beautiful and wonderful children (aka the sleep thieves) playing OUTSIDE and shoots on the raspberry canes I thought I had lost to the winter frosts.
This week I have glimpsed hope and new life.
Karine Polwart has been the soundtrack in my head, and I have caught myself humming lines from this beautiful and haunting melody on more than one occasion:
The back of the winter has broken, and light lingers long by the door...
... the story of my garden and the story of my wee world, changed dramatically in the last year. But this 'aspiring' wonder woman is ready for the new season. Perhaps one day I'll be an 'actual' wonder woman ...
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