So long winter...

(Deep Breathe) I love spring! It's as though all of my friends are coming home for a visit or returning from a seasonal journey and staying at my house! I'm speaking of my precious friends growing in my very, very tiny piece of earth. They may not impress anyone other than myself, and I am completely okay with that! If I only had 1 pitiful little daffodil, I would probably feel contenment.

As corny as this may sound, I felt this tree kind of resembles the survivals that we undergo, yet can't let go of the things that have passed or been spent. Through the winter, this tree has survived, yet never did it let go of the leaves that needed to be returned to the ground...

A pinched version of a beach, Springfield, Ohio has a wonderful reservoire that, though it may contain a bit of urine and beer bottles, displays a beautiful bit of scenery for all of us to appreciate if we allow it. The snow gives us the feeling of white sandy beeches...

The snow and ice began to melt in the warm, 60 degree weather. I thought it made beautiful patterns in the slush covered body of water.

Gotta love my kitty, Sophia.

As the winter was leaving and the snow began to subside, often I'd awake to see a mist of humidity scaling around our neighborhood. I truly love waking up to sights like this.

This "in flight" bumble bee loves my redbud!

My redbud makes me feel like a great gardener! It always grows so fast and shows up right away!

When these (there were 3!) birds flew overhead while we were at a park a few days ago, I thought a kite was flying overhead! It's wingspan was so large that it shadowed the sun atop our heads. Neat!

Welcome!

I just took the kids to see that new movie "Earth" yesterday. It was so awesome. I figured that I couldn't go wrong. It was rated G and was Disney (not like they've NEVER had questionable entertainment, but it was "G"). It was spectacular. I thought I'd go and fall asleep, but it was really goooood! Now, I don't want to be one of those people that hype things up and then you go to see it and it's 'okay'. If you like National Geographic-type shows, I HIGHLY recommend this. It really makes you appreciate how absolutely magnificent our Creator is! It was beautifully done and be sure you stay for the 'extra' footage after the movie. Don't you hate it when people are leaving during the credits and some of the BEST stuff is showing! Ever since Toy Story I've been a credit watcher. Now it's hard to find a movie that doesn't show extra stuff. Okay, enough rambling about the movie...

Can you believe the weather? Hello 80's! Welcome! I love spring. It's such a nice relief after a winter (no matter how good or bad winter was) to see the first tulip or hyacinth. I usually get a crocus creeping up through the shallow snow. They only stay for a few days, but it's like it's saying, "Don't get discouraged. Spring's coming. Start those tomatoes!" Seeing my magnolia bush, corral bells..., tulips, lambs ear, redbud blooming, catnip, hostas peeking out, japanese maple budding (which by the way I started from a seedling last year and is now about 12" tall - take that Lowe's! $50 bucks for a tree! C'mon!), spirea bushes budding, and this was a tiny piece of comphrey that Mamaw gave me last year and look how big it's gotten already!, I'm not really sure....?? But, hey! He's back!peonies stretching up, mini hollihocks.... (I could go on forever. My garden isn't impressive, but it's mine!:-) all of them blooming, budding, peeking, etc. it's like old friends that moved away and came back for a visit. Welcome friends! And can you believe the fre@k%n ice cream truck has been coming around already. $2 for a cone?! No thank you. I'll go to Youngs Jersey Dairy and get fresh, homemade cream for that price! And we get to feed the goats and smell the cow poo, so there! I would love to join a few local folks and swap pinches of flowers. When I moved to this house all I wanted were rocks and plants. I thought is would be kinda nice having things from my dear friends' and families' yards in mine, no matter how great or small, a flower is a flower after all! Again Welcome!