Spring is Here!

Garden Adventures

Mailbox flowers.

Bee & Lavender.

This little guy caught me by surprise.

And then I saw the female and understood.

Pairs.

Rain

Rain in the garden.

Late Spring Garden Part 2

Frog Sam & I made 9 years ago.

Angel wind chime.

Coneflower.

Lemon tree.

Gardenia.

New fountain.

Another view of the fountain.

Sam relaxing.

Late Spring Garden Part 1

Spring Plants

Spring Flowers!

Last week was the first day of Spring - and just in time! Below are some of my favorite picture of my recent flower featured shots and these three beauties actually make up a greeting card collection in my Etsy shop (which you can find here, if you wish).

More posts are coming soon, I promise! And I know I missed last week's Top Pick - been busy getting some amazing shots with my new, shiny camera! :)

Spring in February

Daffodils.

It's been rather warm lately. In fact, today's high is 70 (the historical average for today is 53, I looked it up). And because of that my bulbs have started blooming about a month and a half earlier than they usually would. Now the local big news station, WRAL, put out a story yesterday regarding the worry that a warm spring will mean a harsh summer (you can see the whole story here). The story boiled down to no, there won't be more insects and no, there won't be more weeds because of the warmth.

However, they missed what I think is a crucial point and that is a warm, dry winter can lead to a very active spring in terms of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. It will be interesting to note if others who are weather wise also catch this and most importantly, what actually happens this spring.

Golden center

Tulip.

I would totally have better pictures to post if I wasn't to lazy to do two things:

     1) Upload the pictures from my camera.

     2) Edit them and make them pretty.

So instead of a *NEW* picture, you are getting a picture from April. Or is that March? One or the other. ;)

First Rose of Spring.... in Summer...

 

Early May. First rose in the garden.

So I feel like I've posted this before. But I haven't. I just take too many pictures of roses. And get this, this literally was the first rose to bloom in my gardens this year. And I'm just now getting around to posting it. You know, the day before Summer officially starts. Yep, I'm on the ball!

Medicinal

Echinacea. Good for colds. Or so I've heard.

Climbing

I really don't remember what this is called, but it's pretty. ;)

Smile!

Gerber daisies.

Best smelling flower in the world

Gardenia.

Pretty faces

Violets.

Tempus Vernum

 Tulip.

Happy First Day of Spring, or Ostara if you wish. ;) I celebrated by getting up before dawn and camping outside for about an hour to get some pretty sunrise shots. The deciding factor to come back inside was the fact that my hands were turning red from the cold. Even though it is forecasted to get into the low 60's today, it was in the 30's when I went outside this morning.

First animals I saw this morning was a pair of geese flying overhead. Some follow the line of thinking that the first animals you see on special days (generally holidays and birthdays) carry meaning for the next part of your life. The goose is typically seen as a symbol of communication and writing (think back to when we used feathers for writing) as well as setting out on new quests and traveling (especially now, as the geese are migrating). It is important to note that I saw two geese this morning and not a flock, which suggests something more about a partnership instead of a familial gathering. Now, this kind of observation and interpretation isn't something that I would bet money on, but it's fun and interesting so I do it. :)

I have a series of pictures I plan to post in the coming days, but here is one of my favorites from this morning.

 Sunrise, Spring Equinox 2011.

Happy Spring!

-Sara

Craving Spring