A Beautiful Spring Day

Today was a lovely day. I slept a bit late and didn't go to church with Lynda. After lunch I did get some more shots of the flowers that are blooming.

Small cranes near a money plant. Azelea in background.

This is the area near the Baker Street entrance.

Azelea

Formosa azelea

One of our little rabbit statues among the aguga

More Springlike Weather

I saw the first azalea bloom on our bushes yesterday. The temperatures this week are supposed to 80 degrees are near. Of course we can probably expect a blackberry winter later in the spring. We hav

e reports that the bluebonnets should be pretty down in the Texas hill country this spring. We are hoping to visit Austin and points west after Easter, so maybe we'll be lucky again.

Springtime in Arkansas

Today was a typical spring-like day. Everything about it was nice, except maybe the wind. Some stormy weather is in the forecast for the latter part of the week. Here is a shot of the trumpeter swans that we saw about a month ago.

About two weeks later we drove back to Searcy to see some bald eagles that were hanging out there. We didn't see any. Next year we'll try to be a little earlier in January or February. Our drive wasn't a total washout since we did get to eat at Who Dat's in Bald Knob. It's a popular place so we had to wait a bit, but the food was delightful.

After the possum haw finally lost it leaves, it added color to the landscape with it red berries until in late February a flock of birds (not sure what) stripped the tree within two days. The daffodils, snowflakes, Carolina Jasmine, and forsythia have bloomed and have brightened up the place.

Our arbor with Carolina Jasmine

Forsythia and daffodils

Snowflakes and daffodils