It’s definitely been a winter for the records, at least the records since I’ve been around. It’s been drier and warmer with only a hint of snow that barely counted. Global warming, indeed.
Today, it was 49 degrees, feeling like 40 due to the wind, so I took a walk. I’d been walking a lot, but quit after surgery and a bad cold. As I told my doctor, it’s amazing how fast we deteriorate, or I do anyway. Don’t say it’s my age – I’m sure someone will tell me once again that it’s a factor. But I have a lot of stamina – for my age – and it’s coming back. So there!
Anyway, I walked because I need to get out when the sky looks like this…
and this…
How can that not make you feel better? Even if you feel good.
When I got back home, I walked around the yard to see what was happening. Spring is trying to get here, even though I know and you know that we sometimes have our worst weather in February and March here in Oklahoma. The first thing I noticed was the grass. The green coming up isn’t grass…just spring weeds. Dang. I should do something about that but I’m not enough of a grass fanatic. Maybe…
Then there were these little ones…
Daffodils…I have lots of kinds of these…
Maple tree…not a clear image because the clouds came in and the wind came up…but there are buds…
Something flowering (I just enjoy them – can’t remember all the names)…
Lilac…
What the heck is the name of this big bush? I planted it myself about 9 years ago…it’ll come to me…not that I care, but I hate to forget…
Dogwood…
Oak Leaf Hydrangea…love these!
I’m not sure what Mother Nature has in store for us as I sit in front of the fire on a day when it’s supposed to drop down to 16 degrees tonight and then jump up to 55 degrees tomorrow. But she’s not asking me, so I’ll just enjoy.
Confetti Thoughts 