Signs of Spring

I was well enough to venture outside today for a little while. It was so breezy and beautiful that I couldn't help but get excited that spring is on the way. Since I've been inside the last few days I hadn't noticed all the "life" going on outside my window. Of course I had to get my camera. Underneath all those dead leaves and dry limbs, there is beauty just waiting to burst open. Grandmother Willow is a perfect example. Last week she was a bunch of spindly stems, waving in the breeze. This week fresh, green shoots are everywhere.

Carolina Jasmine....so beautiful...one of the first things to "pop" when spring is arriving. It smells so good and it's a shame that it doesn't last very long.


King always gets very woolly-looking this time of year. His winter coat is getting ready to shed, for his lighter, summer hair.









The pool cover comes off and we add water. King and Abigail enjoyed a visit by the pool last weekend.



The redbuds will be in full bloom before the next week is over. Love that color. (And the tiny spider web in the corner.)





Fresh, pink-tipped leaves on the rose bush.


"It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!" ~Mark Twain