April showers brought May flowers.  Same flowers, but new haybale.  

 

As soon as we finished April's display, we started thinking about what to do next.  Jon suggested a sun with rays.  So we got busy cutting and painting the rays.  It seemed like a good idea at the time, but yesterday when we went down to install them, we couldn't cut holes into the haybale.  The hay is so tightly packed, we just couldn't cut deeply enough.  (Hahaha, I say "WE".)  We ALL know what that means:  Jon, cause he does all the hard work.  I just paint.  

 

So we came back home and collected more tools:  a big knife, a pruning saw, a machete.  He utilized all of them to install these 9 rays.  It took about 45 minutes!!!  

 

We learned not to try to do THAT again.  Stick to paint and cute cutouts that can be screwed into the hay.

 

We hope you like seeing our work.  We love doing it!!!

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!

 

Isn't this the cutest kid ever?  Hahaha!!  It's me!!!  Easter, 1960.  Siri just told me that Easter, 1960 was on April 17th;  the same as this year!!!  I was almost 5 years old.  Quick, do the math!!!

 

Today is my birthday, so if you see me on a walk, be nice.  That's all I ever want for my birthday:  for people to be nice.  

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

 

 

 

Woohoo!!  We noticed that the pine trees are in pollen stage right now.  

 

I'm not sure if this kind of pollen causes allergic reactions, but it sure covers our cars and coats the furniture in our house.

 

Time to get busy dusting...every day.  Should end by June.

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!

 

Our Cinnamon fern is coming up.  The fiddleheads are about the size of my thumb right now, but when they open all the way they will be about 4 feet tall.

 

I love watching them emerge, and then grow so tall.

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!

 

This is what our friends see when they come around the corner.  :)   April showers bring May flowers.  And maybe rainbows.

 

I tickle myself, and lots of others.  

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!

 

I guess the joke was on me.  I have been looking forward to April first since February, to repaint the haybale.

 

But look at the wind!!!  Spray paint and big wind just don't go together.  You end up wearing most of it.

 

So, I hope today is a little calmer, and we can get it done.  I'm excited.  I know you'll like it. 

 

I'll get Jon to take a picture when we're  finished.

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!

 

 

Photo from The Farmers Almanac

 

If you would like to read about St. Patrick's Day, go to:  https://www.farmersalmanac.com/st-patricks-day

 

Or just go to that site and look around.  It's kinda fun.  Meanwhile, HAVE FUN, and

 

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!

 

While we were all basking in the delights of Spring, seeing the trees in bud, and wearing shorts on our walks;  Mother Nature had a different idea about the end of Winter.  It is still winter.  And look what we woke up to on Saturday.

 

I love snow in the winter, but not so much after the Redbud trees have set their flower buds.

 

Hopefully this cold snap just lasts a day or two, and we can get back to the business of Spring.

 

HAPPY ALMOST SPRING!!!

We repainted the haybale, and put up the cute wooden flowers.  

 

Even though it's not officially spring, it is starting to feel like it;  and these flowers help with the festive atmosphere.

 

HAPPY MARCH!!!

 

I thought you would like to see who's blooming at our house.  

 

Priscilla gave me this Amaryllis bulb at Christmastime, and this is the second time it has bloomed like this.  

 

These are not the leaves of the Amaryllis; but the bloom stem is so tall, and the flowers so big that it is top-heavy.  So I put the pot behind these snake plants so they can keep it from toppling over.  ;) 

 

Isn't it gorgeous?

 

THINK SPRING!!!