Monthly Archives: March 2012

The dogwoods are almost gone. They are not quite as white as they were in their prime, plus you can see a lot more green leaves on the branches. Gorgeous while they last though, huh? But, as some things begin to wither and fade others start to open up. Yay!

Thankfully the person who built the house across the street from us many moons ago, planted these pink dogwoods. They are just beautiful and I always look forward to them blooming in the Spring. There’s something to be said about staying in the same house for 35+ years–especially across from a house with such gorgeous …

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Some more Spring photos from around the yard. It won’t be long before the dogwoods and other Spring blooms will be gone. But that’s not all bad as that leads into the Summer flowers–cone flowers, dahlias, zinnias and sunflowers. Yay!

I saw this bluebird sitting up in a tree. Normally I can’t get anywhere close to these little guys, but this one let me get surprisingly close. I wish he would have turned to give me a profile so all of his beautiful blue would have shown.

Here’s hoping for a very long Spring and a very short Summer!

I’ve been thinking about upgrading my camera for a while. So Tommy and I decided since this was a big birthday, I should go ahead and do it now. I’d been reading and waiting for Nikon to come out with their upgrades. They did–one that was totally out of my price range and the other …

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Whenever we go to the house in NC, Tommy has to be doing something. Here he comes from cutting firewood that we will use for the next winter or two: This, of course, makes Bubba and me happy so we can do more of this:

The blueberries and dogwoods in our yard are really looking pretty right now. I love how green the dogwoods are when they first start opening, especially knowing how brilliantly white they eventually turn. While the blueberries are pretty, I’m not sure I’ve ever gotten to taste them–the birds love them.

Until this: turns into this: or this: turns into this: And I have to say, Happy Birthday Tommy!