Morning View

 The visual was a surprise but the actual view of my camera's shot was better than I thought it would be. 

 The color is wonderful even though the blooms of the hyacinth seem undeveloped.  I don't think our weather will ever give me the blooms that you see when they are grown in a green house. 

 The red bud tree is starting to show more color. It has a few more days to go to start looking showy. At a distance one can see a haze of the color. 

 The sky color looks great with this view of the tree in the foreground. We had an inch and of a half of rain last night. The wind plus the hail made it into a very noisy storm. When the hail started hitting the north west end of the house I couldn't figure out what was happening.

 My birthday card was another creative one this year. My wife can find them on the net and I get paper sculptures that open up as the card is open.  We usually do our taxes after my birthday so today was the day. It got complicated as the preparer had to call one of the companies to get an accurate set of figures from an investment we had closed down in the middle of the year. The preparer and I had to talk to a non-English speaking person. I had to prove that I was the person who owned the investment and I kept reading off numbers that were on one of my papers. Eventually she agreed that I was who I said that I was. The preparer had the same problems with her speech so we ordered a new printout that should be in the mail in the next two days. We will have to return with that printout to finalize our tax filing. If we didn't have the exact paper we would probably be audited in two years and also fined. 

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Monday's Mentions

 Spring is here as we just finished having a wind storm with rain and hail included. The iris is coming up in the warmer spots around the house. Tulips are a little slow this year as it seems too dry for them. 

 My peonies are also starting to shoot up starts. I like how they are so red at first and then do green up.

 My neighbor lady moved away but here early tulips are in bloom. I didn't get too close to them for the shot as I don't know the new owners very well and felt I couldn't walk over to them. 

 I normally share the morning shot first but I am still getting use to my new way of down loading photos. I have about two more processed to do now and have to get them all into a folder on the desk top.  If you get close to the shot you can see the jet trails up there out early in the morning. 

The hail storm we just had lasted for about ten minutes. It was loud and I at first didn't know what it was. I thought my ice machine in the freezer was malfunctioning.  The rainbow was great but I couldn't get a shot of it. 

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Sunday Night

 A surprise view of jet trails in the sky this morning. The pilots got creative for some reason and gave me an unusual sight.

 When you only have your phone you can't get a good shot any robin in the yard. 

 I can enlarge it but the photo quality it really bad. The robins have been back for a few weeks now. They are glad it warmed up as they can maybe find bugs along with the dried berries from last year. 

The best view of a robin for me is the small sculpture that sits on our fireplace mantle. It is fun to pick it up and hold it in your hands. 

 

It has been two years ago that I had to call 911 for my wife to be taken to the emergency room. It ended up being a full year of healing from becoming so seriously ill. The rehab process was a long one and the end result was a God given healing from such an awful time. I know when she is well when she has her studio set up in the sun room and she is back to doing her lifetime love of creating art. It makes me smile to see her back at it. 

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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