Claire got new glasses!
Her eyes keep getting better, which is great news! …almost as good as the news that we can go back to having exams only once a year now! ;)
This time, she chose glasses that just happen to match our roses…
Coincidence?
Archive for the 'Flowers' Category
I can’t stop taking pictures of the Iris! If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you know I’ve been posting pictures of the Iris *almost* in bloom.
Well, look what happened today!
Claire and I checked to see if it had bloomed before I took her to school. It hadn’t. I checked on it again half an hour later, and it had! Amazing!!
Here is a link to the brand new Iris, just opened.
There are more buds just ready to burst.
I love May.
Our neighbors have a wonderfully huge lilac in their backyard. We have a knot-hole in our fence.
"Mom, let's take pictures of the beautiful buds & put them online!"
This afternoon, I went to open my home office window to let in the fresh air, when something caught my eye.
The olive is in bloom! Claire and I went outside to investigate, and the fragrance is intoxicating. You can hear the bees buzzing as they busily work. We had fun taking pictures with Eva of this beautiful moment. (This photo hasn’t been edited…just uploaded directly from Eva.)
What a fantastic surprise!
Looking out into the backyard:
Daddy: Ugh! Look at all those weeds!
Claire: Where? …Between the dandelions?
The eternal struggle isn’t between man and weed…it’s between Daddy’s definition of weed and Claire’s definition of the most beautiful flower rivaled only by the rose.
Three of these photos were taken three years ago. One of them was taken just the other day. In other news, the tulips are blooming! Someone is very excited about this…and always has been. 
The Grape Hyacinth and Forsythia are blooming! I love this time of year.
In other news…
We use our shot glasses for little impromptu bouquets now. My, my, my how times have changed. 
I love the cactus in our backyard. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times. I love this cactus.
Every year, we wait for it. We wait for the explosion of color. Every year, we gasp when we see it, never fully expecting it.
Yesterday, Claire and I spotted it from the kitchen window at exactly the same moment, so we took Glenda out to check it out.
It’s breathtaking.
It’s intense.
It’s magical.
It’s almost too beautiful to be real.
But, it is.
And, it’s back.
I love it!
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