I Love the Colors of Spring!

Spring Morning on the Deck

Encouragement during my first cup of coffee:




Second cup of coffee? Murder!

Working Outside!

The weather today was FABULOUS!!

We have had some strange weather lately but today – today was gorgeous!

The husband worked on some of his wood craft items. A. worked for a neighbor in her yard. I planted some sedum and moved some other plants around.

We decided to cook out for dinner and while the husband was cooking I walked around and took pictures of a few of the blooms I had been enjoying all day.

         

         

         

Then I got to visit with a neighbor over the fence!

         

Take Me Away to a Tropical Island!!

During these long winter months it is easy to dream of the green tropics, the warm sandy beaches, the sun on your face.

I had an opportunity to live on one of those beautiful tropical islands. It’s just as gorgeous as your imagination makes it. Green year round. Warm temperatures year round. Unbelievable for this girl from the Midwest.

Guess what I missed the most?

         

         

Well, maybe not the leafless trees, the brown of winter – but what this is the prelude to. The green of spring, the buds on the trees, bulbs pushing their life up through the warming soil. I missed having a dormant time before the bursting forth of beauty.

I missed the seasons. It really is true that you can’t take the “Midwest” out of the girl. :  )

Today is a respite in our Kansas weather. It’s beautiful outside so I went out with my camera to get some pictures. All I could see was brown. But I reminded myself how much I missed this when everything was green all year round. I missed the seasons.

Life is like the seasons. We all hit brown patches, some are browner than others, some are longer. But when we let God have control, the dormant time is overcome by the bursting of life from our soul. That’s what the seasons show us. That we are over-comers – we do survive the brown patches, and survive stronger than before.

A Week of Diversity

It started out as any other April week.

Then Wednesday came - the day I usually travel to Oklahoma... 

Didn't happen.

Can you tell this is ICE?? The trees were beautiful. 

The sound the ice made in the gently blowing wind was amazing!!! 

But, it did not make for a good travel day!

Thursday when we went sale-ing - there were broken trees, fallen limbs all over the city. : ( 

Now it's Saturday! A gorgeous day. 

Spring is "springing" up all over! 

I may need to paint the chairs this spring?? 

Or maybe stay with the rustic look!

Looks like Paint is much needed several places!

Enjoy your diverse Spring!!