March of 2007

I was grown up in North of China. Winter means snow and cold. Summer means sweaty. My mother always tell me that the spring is her favorite season. She said that everything came alive after the cold winter. She usually brought some cherry blossom home on weekend morning. I remember that I saw them after I wake up in the morning and listened to her story of spring. Few days later, those cherry branches were really blossom and full of fragrance in our apartment. That has last many many years until I left home. Even though, I had never been a big fan of spring. I like all four seasons because I had all the fashion clothes for every season. Until few years ago........We bought our home with acreage. I have a big flower garden and our own vegetable garden. I love the harvest season. I have a big orchard with grapes, apples, pears, cherries, plums, figs, different kind of berries and nuts. The harvest season last from June to November every year. Growing up in a big city, I had no clue how to plant the vegetable, how to take care of fruit trees and flower beds. I even don't know how to distinguish between the weed and flower plants. I am sure I had pulled out a lots of flowers by mistakes when we first moved in. I started to realize that Spring is the most important season in all. I can't wait for the spring again after we enjoy all the harvest for the year.


Harvest in August of 2007




Chinese melon: