Spring!!!

Spring is blooming down here in the deeper south. This is our first Spring down here, and like our first Autumn, we are pleased with the different foliage and array of colors in our yard. I know that there are many flowers that we have not even discovered yet...and many that we are seeing and do not know exactly what they are! D-D found this pretty purple flower and we put it in her hair. We have roses (without thorns) that stretch out along our fence, along with a type of jasmine, lots of azaleas, some hydrangeas that will come later this summer, a bush with teensy white flowers that smells divine and downright yummy (the bees also like this, so we stay pretty clear of it) and some gardenia bushes...though the blooms are not very hearty. We also have a ton of pollen from our pine trees. This is new to me...I did not realize that pines had so much pollen!!!! After a 5 minute downpour yesterday, I watched a stream of water coming off of the roof. Usually you can see through the water---it being a clear liquid and all---but yesterday it flowed in a yellowish green pollen-ey stream. Our back patio is now a good thick layer of that yellow stuff (aaaaaa-chooooo!) and the road in front of our house has a thin layer of yellow on top of the black. You can see where the cars have driven, so now it looks a little like a bumble bee road. :)

Here is a photo of D-D wearing her purple flower: