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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

My ABC's of Spring

Adirondack Chairs made by our good friend, Paul.  




Baseball. Two boys=Six practices per week!

2010


Cherry Blossoms abound.  


Doors with screens.


"Let us in!"
  Easter. 




2008
 

Flip flops.




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  Green clover. 




Holes dug by bad little Dachsies!


Insects. The bloodsuckers are back already.




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  Jumping on the trampoline. (I had to sneak this shot from the deck but Devin was too quick for me, hence the giant ball in front of his face.)


Knockout Roses budding.


Longer Days.



My attempt at a shot of the rising moon...didn't quite capture it.


My ..ahem.. 40th Birthday in April.



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 North Carolina Wiener Roast in May.  Few things excite me this much! It's a little piece of Dachsie dog heaven.



2010 wiener dog race..We lost but we'll get 'em this year!
 Open sunroof on the Saturn.


2007...They look so small!
 

Pollen. (Achoo!)


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  Quote I love: "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




 Road trip for Spring Break in April. Where the road will lead us, only God knows.  


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  Sniffing for squirrels.






Trees blooming.






Uplifting words. "The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring."   ~Bern Williams




View from my kitchen window.


Warmth.


X cited tails.




Yellow daffodils.


Zyrtec D.  Ahh... I can breathe.
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Happy Spring!  


11 comments:

  1. Great post! You are so creative:)

    The ones, that meant the most to me are A, B (except softball), F (chaco's instead of flip flops. my feet are old and need support),
    and Z for zyrtec!

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  2. Yeah - gloat gloat gloat all you people to the south. Its rainy, snowy and cold here still.

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  3. What an AWESOME post! I love the doggie photos, and I'm GREEN with envy over all those blooming trees. *sigh* {We had a snow flurry this a.m.}

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  4. the abcs - love this!

    flip flops? they're my all time love. all. time.

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  5. I looooooooved this! I especially love that you ended it all with Zyrtec. lol

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  6. What a fun post! I love blossoms. GOd is good that way!

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  7. Isn't Spring the best? Now you've got me wondering where your road trip will lead you!

    You have mosquitoes already? WHAT?

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  8. I love this post! I was wondering through the entire post what you were going to come up with for Z - perfect!
    (And my dad used to make adirondack chairs, so that pic made me smile!)

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  9. Those pictures look so warm!! And it is so cold and rainy here . . . bring it on!! Your dogs are toooo cute! Oh, and your boys? Not bad either ;)

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  10. This is most impressive.

    Adirondack Chairs... oh how I miss Adirondack chairs!

    And the pollen... when I lived up north, I thought we had pollen. I was mistaken!

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  11. Superb post & blog too!

    Have a lovely weekend,

    XOXO Lola:)

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