So Long Winter

Ireallylovespring! I did not alter the saturation of this photo at all; the sky was really that blue! SO AWESOME. God really is one talented super-natural being. Thank you, Lord, for your beautiful creations and for spring!!!

FFF-Spring Has Sprung!

It's Favorite Foto Friday! We have been spending a lot of time outside because spring has definitely sprung. Colter loves going on long walks in his stroller and looking around outside, but he's not sure what to think if I try to get him to touch anything. He's scared of grass! He also clings to me tightly if I bring him close to a tree.

Here he is when a branch from a bush was blown into his space. When the branch brushed the back of his head, his mouth dropped open, and he quickly backed away! Pretty amusing.

Now he is refusing to even acknowledge that I've got the camera. He's not going to look at me and smile! I abandoned him in the evil grass.
He's starting to look more concerned. Maybe grass really is scary.

Yep it's scary! Time to put the camera away. No smiles for this photo shoot!

Some subjects are more cooperative. Look at this gorgeous plum tree!And this lone tulip!I love red bud trees.
Everything is so pretty in the spring!
Even the despised dandelions are pretty! I'm sorry, John. I know you've suffered greatly in your battle with the Dandelions of our Yard, but I kinda like them. They're spunky. I hope you can forgive me for taking this puffball's picture instead of ripping it from it's roots, dousing it with gasoline, and setting it ablaze.
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Cabin Fever

RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY! I want spring. I want 70 degrees. I'm tired of the warm days being rainy, and the sunny days being cold and windy. Rain is great, and I guess too much rain is better than too little (except for residents of a flood plain), but we've gotten so much rain lately it's ridiculous! If April Showers come in March, what happens to the May flowers? And do the April showers become April monsoons? I'm ready for nice, warm walks outside. I'm ready to sit on our deck and wish the neighbors' dogs would all get sent to the pound. I'm ready to dig in the dirt and plant something. Most of all, I'm ready for the trees to get some leaves!!!!

LOOK at this tree! How long is it going to stand in my yard NAKED?! Put some leaves on, man.

It's so close to budding. Almost there!

I'm ready for the trees to look like this.

And this. By the way, since it's April now, and surely the weather will warm up soon, I decided I'd better get serious about my baby weight/stomach pooch that apparently isn't going to just disappear on it's own. My spring clothes are not going to fit if I don't do something drastic, so today I worked out for TWO hours and ate only CELERY and CARROTS!


Absolutely no Easter candy.


Or peanut butter.


April Fools.