Cactus Blooms

Yucca in Bloom

Spring Flowers

Spring is such a lovely time of year around here. The azaleas are blooming...among other things. Here are just a few shots from around my parents' house and around ours.

Flowers Before the Storm

Well we've already gotten one hurricane under our belts for the season. Hopefully it'll be the *only* one we have right here this year! Arthur came ashore as a Category 2 pretty much right on top of us. We were very fortunate to not have any structural damage...just a lot of yard clean-up and power out. Our power's back on...my parents' is not yet as they're at the end of the line! Hopefully by this evening it will be on. Still, all in all, we're quite blessed.

The horses fared just fine. They had two trees come down in the back pasture, but no injuries.

Here are some of my sweet yellow flowers taken pre-Arthur:

Plant Matters

One of my iris' that bloomed a few weeks ago

The start of this year's garden...maybe I'll even keep you updated on its progress this year!

Our rosemary is doing nicely, don't you think?

Happy Window Sill

Wedding Reception Decorations

Honored to have been a bridesmaid in my friends' wedding this past weekend...tell you all about it later...

Flower

So very much to catch you up on, but no time now...will simply share a lovely picture I took not too long ago and wish everyone a happy day. More soon! And as Sue says, "go hug your hounds!"...(or your cats...but they are a bit more prickly about it!).

More Close-ups

Close-ups

Had some fun shooting some close-ups around the yard this past weekend.

Okay, this was a "zoom" not a close-up...but this little fella' was cute!

Flower Girl

A few random pix of Gwyn and flowers :D

More Random Stuff

Taken on a walk in my neighborhood

Our lace-cap hydrangea

Around our Yard

Hounds & Roses

Well...hound (singular!) and roses...

Cemetery Sitting

There's a very old cemetery one block over from where I work. It's a riot of color this time of year. If one is so inclined, one can sit very still in the middle of said cemetery and almost disappear...no one knows you're there...even the squirrels forget you're a person and begin to move about normally. And with a really good zoom (I love you Nikon Coolpix L120!) you can catch some fun shots of them running up trees.

Spot the bee?