Springtime...

Spring has finally arrived here in Austin and it is bringing with it some interesting guests!

        Carolina jasmine in full bloom....

Big, plump, bright yellow trumpets,

Pink jasmine just starting to pop open, I even saw a funny bee trying to pry one of the buds open!

Pan keeps a watchful eye over everything.

More Pink jasmine... 

                       and it smells just like heaven!

 Gorgeous deep Purple Verbena... swoon... before we moved to this house two years ago we lived in a second story apartment for thirteen years... I am so happy to finally have a garden of my very own, every blade of grass is precious to me!

Puffy little white snowball like pom poms, 

 This plant is called Bridal bush and is truly worthy of its name.

 Waxy looking coral vine flowers, don't they look like they are singing out loud with their mouths open wide... either that or they are saying "Feed Me Seymour!"

Two teeny garden pixies roaming about.

 I didn't plant this wonderful green ground cover, it just showed up one day and began to grow, I looked it up and apparently it is called Wild Ginger... it is so lovely in a shade of blindingly bright apple green!

Holly fern unrolls upon a bed of pine needles...

Quiet stone garden people...

A spotted wild Bengal lurks,

 Friendly frog friends

 and furry puppy babies,

 Cat mint and Lambs Ears too.

Kitty daydreams,

 and dreams interrupted.

          And still more sweet scented Pink jasmine.

 Sticky white papery Plumbago and lastly,

a cute little blue eyed butterfly that acts very much like a Chihuahua! I hope you are enjoying the wonderful warm weather!!

Easter is...

 Easter is so many things

 to so many people...

 It brings us together

 with family and friends,

 to celebrate long held traditions and partake in festivities.

 It is wide eyed children dressed to the nines hunting for delectable delights.

 It is trumpet shaped, pure white lilies given from the heart.

 It is frilly parades, straw baskets and white chocolate bunnies...

 fancified hats and colorfully painted hens eggs...

It is a solemn occasion in which to reflect and be hopeful.

 It is a sign of Spring and a symbol of renewal and rebirth...

 Wishing you a joyous and

peaceful Eastertide!

On the Verge

Do you know what this is?

If you live in the South then maybe you do.

It's a teeny cluster of beautiful purplish Texas Red Bud blossoms!

We are just on the verge of Spring now, the weather is still cool at night but warms up during the day...

Just about everything in my garden has tiny little buds showing,

peeking their heads out looking for the sun...

We just planted this little guy last year, it's all of about five feet tall and putting on quite a spectacular show! If you step up closely to it there is a sweet buzzing sound from all the bees enjoying themselves... they are so wonderful it sounds like they are singing!!