Weekend Has Started

 A view of my two goldfish as seen through many reflections. The reflection of the lace curtain above was a surprise to see for me. 

 The rocks remain through all sorts of weather. They were placed there in the fall and survived all the snow and rain. It really is my own natural sculpture on the landing of the stairs. I do see one of the rocks is about to fall off the ledge. 

 I was looking through today as no vines are on them so far. I started some light blue morning glories this morning in my starter tray. They take so long to germinate and I thought it would be worth a try even though  I can sew seed in the  planter below later on when it warms up. We were at below freezing temps this morning. 

.Some of my iris that are in warmer locations are really shooting up already. It is fun to have the iris get established and have lots of blooms. Tulips will have to bloom first though before any iris show up. 

 At a certain time of the year, for a couple of days, the sun shines through one of my aquariums and rainbows are formed on the floor below. I learned about prisms while in the elementary grades and sixty years later I get to see a natural one made with my fish tank. The colors are so pure in this one. 

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Friday's Finds

 The mallard duck and its mate visited our neighbor's pool for a couple of days. They sat on the top of their house as if the were tired and stayed there the morning. 

 When I chose to take a shot of them on the edge of the pool, the female was sleeping. Once the people were home from work and school I am sure they got scared and left. 

 The morning project included planting seeds in the little squares hoping to have new zinnia starts.  The 10 to 15 days for germination seems like a long time but I will be patient. 

 Our weather continues to be ever-changing.  It actually ended up being a clear day with lots of sunshine. We started our day at 32 degrees F. and we have not warmed up that much. 

Yesterday was my birthday. It seems to be a long ways from 1950 but every day is a blessing. Boys called for my birthday wishes as well as my two older brothers.  One son was in the Dominion Republic and the other in Maine. Brother one lives in Arizona and it was going to be in the 100 degree F. today. The second one in California was a guy sitting out on his patio. We went out for supper last night and enjoyed great meals that were of large amounts of food. We brought home lots of food. 

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Wednesday

 I am having some troubles downloading photos through blogger. I have figured out how to do it from the desktop but I need to find the right avenue to the permissions button in google. 

 The tulips and daffs are coming up now. I have yet to see a bloom but it will happen by next week.  We need a good rain to speed things up.

 I ventured out not noting that the red bud tree is actually budding. The photo isn't so great but I will try to get better shots soon when they become blooms.

I have the air on in the house as we are 74 degrees outside. The house warms up in the sun. It is a spring that has a surprise each day. 

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Spring Lingers

 

Temp Drop

 We went from 91 degrees F. yesterday to 51 degrees F. on this day. The wind chill made it feel like 30 degrees F.  It is a shock to the bodily system.     (32.7 C, compared to 10.5 C.)

Sunset.....Sunrise

 

 The Friday evening sky evolved from the pastel colors to the horizon on fire. It happens so quickly that I almost missed it. I sent my wife out to see it and the second shot is what we saw.

Early Saturday morning the horizon looked like this. It was another glowing with the clouds being illuminated. 

 The angle of the glow changed then and the clouds looked like this as the heavy bank of clouds stopped the fire glow. 

The temps were moderate but by the mid afternoon we ended up with a high of 89 degrees F. , that is 31.6 degrees C. I worked outside in the yard in the morning planting grass seed at two different areas where trees had been removed.  I have spent two days now clearing the spent rose buds off of bushes and taking off sticks left over from last years bloom. All the hostas needed to have things cleared as well as the lilies. I have a couple of more rose bushes to be cleaned up and I am awaiting to see if on of my roses will need to be replaced. It will cool off for tomorrow and go back to normal temperatures. 

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Spring Blooms

 

I was surprised to see them. I was out trimming back the roses and there they were. I know it is time for them but we just had a blizzard on last week.

 

 The white ones have a special pristine look popping through the dead leaves and creeping phloxx. 

 

 I had to be careful as I trimmed back the dead stems of the rose bushes. I trimmed them back hard as they are getting to be older bushes. They are "knock out" roses but I think they have been growing there for a very long time. I may have to replace them. 

 

The morning sky was busy today as the jets left their trails in the sky. We are have a very warm day today. It is hot while one works in the sunshine. It is the tine of the year when we heat the house up in the morning and cool it off in the everning. 

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