Just Around the Corner

Spring! Yup, it's just around the corner (I hope)! Today I happened to look at my flower bed as I was pulling into my driveway, and lo and behold, the Tulips are starting to sprout! Just a few, but, none the less, they are there! I'm so excited! There have been a few other signs of Spring too. As I'm typing this it is raining! Yes, raining! Yippee! Unfortunately it's suppose to turn to snow, but for now it's raining! I hope it just rains and I hope it rains all night. I love the sound of rain pattering on my window!

Another sign of Spring that I saw today was the owner of the BQ Corral getting things ready for opening (they close from September/October to May)! The BQ is Lusk's version of Dairy Queen (kind of) and the ice cream is FABULOUS! Everything there is really good, but the twist cone is to die for!

Bring on SPRING!




"It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!" ~Mark Twain

"Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer." ~Geoffrey B. Charlesworth

Kiss me in the Rain!

It is raining, and has been off-and-on for the past 2 days! I find it very exciting! We have been in a drought for way too long and I'm hoping the past 2 days signifies that the drought is over! I want it to do this all summer...OK, not ALL the time, but at least two or three times a week would be AWESOME! The rain pattering on my roof and splashing on the ground outside my window is what put me to sleep the last couple nights, and it was absolutely wonderful! It is coming down hard again as I type this and it is so relaxing. (The picture below is of the street in front of my house...the rain was pouring down!)

I'm not sure how much rain we've gotten, but I'm gonna guess anywhere between 3-4 inches (maybe more in some places). We are in desperate need of moisture, so we'll take what we get!

I took this picture today during one of the rain showers. I love how drops of rain settled on the petals.

"Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life." ~ John Updike