Spring Miscellany

At the Garden and Art Center

The smell was heavenly.

They looked like crepe paper.

A cloud of fluffy white purity.

Pink sweetness reaching for the sky.

A delicate sea of tiny blue dots.

I recognized his call right way. He looked and looked around but his mate never showed.

Hope your weekend is full of spring beauty.

Friday Finds May 9

After a smashing trip to Santa Fe I returned home to find several flowers about to open. I held my breathe when we left hoping the peonies wouldn't peak while I was away. Perfect timing!

Four years ago I had planted what I thought was a white peony. It finally had one bud last year that froze to my dismay. But this year it has about a dozen blooms and they are soft pale pink! 

A gerbera that was planted last year was strutting it's stuff.

I finally broke down and bought an agapanthus, it's still in my garage because we've had such nasty windy dirty days. But it's beginning to open.

My Gemini rose has it's first bloom.

To top it off the cardinals are hanging around pretty close. So we'll be getting a feeder or set up another bird bath so I can get some better shots.

The simple things are absolutely the best!

Word art by Brandy Murry, Elegant Quotes.

Check out the other Find Finds at Kim's.

Have a most beautiful weekend!

Come Here Mr. Cardinal

As we came home one night this week my Friday Finds was flying around in the front yard. For the first time EVER I saw 2 cardinals in our yard! I was yelling "red birds, red birds!" as hubby stopped at the end of our driveway so he wouldn't scare them away (he is so good to cooperate with out asking). I snuck into the garage and peaked out the window to see where they were.
I was able to grab only one photo that his beak wasn't too far behind the branch. Then he flew off to catch up with his buddy. Probably looking for girls. I was excited beyond measure.

Only once before had I been closer to a cardinal and that was last year about this time when we were in Corpus Christi. I was in 'birding' heaven. I felt a little out of place with a camera when everyone else in the park was sporting binoculars. The next two shots are from there.

I think the females are very striking in their own way.

It's a shame I haven't ever processed the photos from this trip. (except for a bunch on my iPhone and iPad.) They are keyword-ed however. I think I got side-tracked by a grand-daughter's first birthday and processing a million shots. I AM getting better about deleting so so photos these days! (Or so she thinks.)

Come check out what everyone has found this week at Friday Finds.

Have an awesome weekend filled with signs of Spring!