A Spring Poem

Happy First Day of Spring! After a milder than normal winter it is still nice to welcome our spring season with open arms. Who doesn't love the fresh smell of cut grass, new buds on the trees, the arrival of our feathered friends and those first bulbs pushing up through the ground. It is my favorite time of the year and even though it is here for only a short time, it is a welcomed time!  So, if your weather permits, "spring" open those door and windows and breath in the fresh scent spring! AHHHH....

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"♬♪ Spring is busting ♩♫♭ out all over"

For winter's rains and ruins are over,
And all the season of snows and sins;
The days dividing lover and lover,
The light that loses, the night that wins;
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotton,
And in green underwood and cover
Blossom by blossom the spring begins.

Verse ~ by Ann-Marie Imbornoni via ~ Poetry for Spring

The Beautiful Colors of Spring

I walk usually 7.5-8 miles per day (not all at once usually 4.5 miles in the morning and 3.5 in the evening) and while I walk I love to look at all the gorgeous colors of spring.  Here in Houston, spring has already arrived and everyday I find myself almost tripping on uneven concrete while taking in the beautiful bouquets in people's gardens and around apartment complexes.  Well, really I do trip if you want the truth.

It always amazes me how all the different colors mesh so seamlessly like they just popped up that way.  Try to use this color combination in a home redo and you would be cross-eyed but outside among all the other shades of greens, and browns these colors bring in the first hints of spring's arrival.

Now who wouldn't want to walk down this heavenly aisle?  Simply breathtaking I'd say.

And to all of you who are just starting to get a "spring peek" with tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, hang in there if you are like me you will be so taken by all the gorgeous colors and spring like weather you too will be tripping while you walk.

Enjoy!