Side-by-Side Photo Album

When you meet me out and about, please don't ask if I have any photos of the family along. I don't carry them with me because...

...My family photo album is too heavy to carry with me!

Author, Second Chance - A Tale of Two Puppies

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Why My Mother Loved Springtime

 The flowering crab in the back yard.

We've had a lot of rain the past few days, and with the intermittent sunshine and warmer weather, everything is really popping...

...even quack grass.

Spring was my mother's favorite season. In Wisconsin you have to reconcile yourself to the fact that springtime does not start on March 21, but more toward the end of April, or even the beginning of May.  March is usually our snowiest month. April is usually cold and rainy. But once it warms up and things start blooming, it's hard not to love this time of year! I think from now on I'll plan to expect springtime on May 1 and not get my hopes up any sooner.

These are some photos which I took last week and am just now getting around to posting!

Beautiful wood violets

I realize that some think of them as noxious weeds.

 Bleeding Heart

Next to daffodils, my favorite. My grandma always had a bleeding heart plant.

 Silver Leaf and Hostas

At least I think this is called 'silver leaf.' I was once given 11 small leaves, I stuck the stem end of each leaf into the soil, and in no time I had a flower bed full of this stuff. It must be contained or it will take over everything, kinda like mint or snow-on-the-mountain. 

 I'm not the only one who's enjoying the lilac.

 Plum Blossoms

The poor tree itself is such a wreck, and I've threatened to cut it down several times. But then it bursts forth these pretty and delicate blossoms -  and I repent of those mean thoughts.

 The First Picking of Asparagus

oh so delicious!!!!

I am so in awe of the Designer who thought all this stuff up, including every exquisite, functioning system and microscopic detail. And then to think that He gave us eyes to see it!

'You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power. For you have created all things - and for your pleasure they are and were created.'  Revelation 4:11

Author, Second Chance - A Tale of Two Puppies

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