I know it's not officially Spring yet, but I've already seen the first sunny daffodils (or buttercups, as they call them here in the South) peaking their bright yellow faces up out of the ground and we've already been hit by two Spring storms, complete with thunder and lightning and buckets of rain. The tornadoes are surely right around the corner!
Despite the scary storms, I love this time of year in Tennessee! Everything is so green and lush and the redbud trees will soon be blooming all along the roadways. They have these beautiful deep purple and bright pink blossoms and mixed in with all the various shades of green, they just stand out so splendidly! I wish their blooms would last all Summer long, but they only bloom throughout March and if we're lucky, early April.
The birds are building their nests and the geese have already broken from their flocks into pairs, finding their nesting spots to prepare for their batches of ducklings. Soon I'll be watching fuzzy golden ducklings waddling across the road after their Mama's and Daddy's on my way to work in the mornings. I can't wait!
The pastures on my way into town are already filling up with adorable, furry babies. Cows, sheep, llamas, goats and horses. I wish they could stay babies forever! They are so cute as they romp around in the grass, testing out their wobbly legs. I could sit and watch them for hours.
It's almost time to start planting my flowerbeds and filling my pots and window boxes with bright colored blooms and ivies. The roadside flowerstands and garden centers will be bursting with pallets and pallets of flowers in every color of the rainbow, beckoning us all to stop and load up, and you can bet I'll be there the first weekend it's safe to start planting!
I love this time of year!
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