This weekend I couldn't come up with a good subject that would encompass both Spring and Autumn, or even something interesting for either one separately.
Of course, my first thought was to go outside and take a few shots of the garden as winter lets go and gives way to spring. Unfortunately, this winter was so unusually consuming that my garden currently looks like this:
Piles of snow and ice have flattened every plant, bush, and shrub.
While they might have withstood the first 2-foot snowfall of the season, having 2 or 3 more significant storms within 10 days took a toll on them.
Considering what the people of Japan are facing, I'm certainly not going to worry about the fate of a few bushes in my garden. I honestly was not terribly fond of them anyway.
I only wanted to explain why it's a little difficult to find "Springtime" outside my house at the moment.
Or so I thought.
It was mild enough on Sunday to take the kids on a walk around the neighborhood, followed by a little playtime with sidewalk chalks in the driveway. The grass is still wet and muddy, so I was trying to encourage all three to stay on the driveway.
The girls were drawing colorful masterpieces and tracing each other's hands and feet while I tried to keep The Boy from shoving clumps of grass and mud into his mouth.
I happened to look toward the walkway at one point and something caught my eye.
Do you see it??
I'll bring it a little closer...
There. Down in the lower right corner.
Do you know what that is?? It's the very beginning of a sprouting flower!
I crawled over and cleared away all the debris so that my new friend could breathe, and then I saw that he has friends.
One day these beautiful green sproutlings will bloom into daffodils, but that's for another day.
On this day I was just happy to actually see a sign of spring.
It's been a long winter over here.
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