Sun and Flowers...please come again!

 These are photos that I took in my own garden last May. I think that I am going a little crazy with all the effects on the Picmonkey editing program but you have to admit that the rose below does look glowing. The first rose above is a climber next to my garage and the photo below is also a climber next to my front porch. Both of them bloom just once a year and both smell fabulous! The blue iris and salvia grow in my front bed...love the blue and the clematis  grows up the light pole. Can't wait until May!

Are we all not in the mood for some sun and color? 4 more days and I will travel to paradise (well, for me anyway). Can't wait to see all the flowering trees, azaleas in bloom, to walk on the beach and see the sun rise over the ocean and most of all to see my family. Have many plans big and little.
Leaving my home in good hands and when I get back spring will be here....I hope!

Mike and Tim

 I love finding old pictures. It's like finding a lost, favorite piece of jewelery under the sofa cushion.
This is a picture of my two sons, Mike and Tim, working hard to get an old stump out of my back yard. In 1996, I started on my garden and right in the spot where I wanted my little pond to be was a buried stump. It was a real challenge getting it out but by the photo you can see that they were victorious!
Well, my boys are in there 40s now and my garden has gone through many transitions and the pond is gone as well. But, the picture remains, as all pictures do, to remind us of times and memories gone by.

New Stuff on Picmonkey

Having fun with edits using the new stuff on the on-line edit program Picmonkey. This program is for dumb people like me who can't get the hang of Photoshop. One day I will learn it but it just seems like so much effort....maybe a class this fall?
This photo was taken at the DIA and with the radiance effect it looks like jewels....pretty.

Winter Shutterfly Photo Book

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Victorian

 This Victorian style house sits next to the Flat Rock Historic Hotel. I don't know the back story nor have I been inside but I love the house and wish that I could visit someone that lives there on a Sunday afternoon.

Red-winged Blackbird

...the harbinger of Spring

 Red-wings in a tube

Today I learned more about the Red-winged Blackbird than I will ever need to know and more.

Paul talking about dragonflies...feast for the blackbirds.

 Female Cardinal looks down with interest (at the tube)

Closest we got to a Red-winged Blackbird today. Oh well, the sun was shining, I ignored the snow on the ground and had several friends show up for the walk so it turned out to be a pretty good afternoon.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

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