Oh dear....

Look what was in the mail!!  Ack!  The first seed catalog of the season!   No!  I"m just not ready.  I haven't even really done any winter clean-up in the garden from LAST season and ALREADY I'm forced to start subconsciously planning my spring veg and flower beds?  I'm just not mentally prepared for how fast the time is going by these days.  It seems like weeks ago that as was doing this:

Tending to my little seedlings I had growing in a make-shift cold frame outdoors AND under grow lights in my attic. 

I went a bit overboard , maybe.  But it was just so fun.  And having fresh (organic) herbs and veg on hand was just fantastic.  The flowers weren't too shabby either.  Our little arbor was completely taken over with hyacinth bean, cardinal climber and moon flowers.  It was a really jungle by August, let me tell you.

My plan is to hide these catalogs as I receive them, tuck them away till after all the Holiday bustle. Then, on a cold, gray January morning, I can take them out (with a cup of hot tea and some cinnamon toast) and dream of spring. 

***Also, fellow gardeners, please take a look at Dave's Garden, if you've never visited there before. They are a wealth of information.