Mixed Nuts: March crazy good weather brings April flowers

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

March crazy good weather brings April flowers

Today I had a really fun Garden Club meeting, and worked in the yard all afternoon trying to make a dent in the weeds.

While I was out there, I was admiring the last of our spring flowers. Some of these flowers will bloom from now until the end of summer, but most are just here for a short while in the spring. I have already missed some that are done blooming.

I am not a big fan of "just spring bloomers". But some of them were here in the yard already, so I just re homed them and kept them for a little spring color. I just wish they would last until my summer blooms came out so that there wouldn't be this period where I am sad the spring flowers are gone and overly anxious for the summer flowers to appear.

I grabbed the camera and took the pictures of the things blooming in the yard right now. And a few things getting ready to bloom....

Enjoy!

Daffodils - a few are still hanging on:

These flowers are from my tulip tree:

Here is the whole tree:

White lilac bush:

Purple lilac bush:

No idea:

Primrose:

Different purple lilac bush:

Pretty little ground cover:

Small little daffodil:

Violets:

Bleeding heart:

Azeleas - most of them have stopped blooming and are boring green bushes:

This next one I am pretty excited about. This is our crab apple tree:

Do you know why I am so excited? Because this is the tree that fell over last October in the bad snow storm. Mat stood it back up and look at it now:

This next one is by far the prettiest tree in our yard. We have two. They are red buds:

Red bud up close:

Lily of the valley:

Magnolia on the magnolia tree:

This next one doesn't have a flower yet, but I love the leaves. And it is an amazing flower in the fall:

This one I scared Scooby when I saw it because I did a little screech and a happy dance. My very first iris is starting to make its appearance. Can't wait!:

I did a little screech about the next one too. I thought the squirrels had dug these up last year. I had to move 5 of them because they were getting too much sun, and I didn't think any of them survived, This week, they started to appear, and it looks like 4 of the 5 made it. They are Jack in the pulpit and are AMAZING. And I think they are protected, so I wanted to save them if I could: