Greening Spring

We've had the heat for a few months and now finally the moisture has come. Now everything is blooming and growing. The leaves on our tree finally came in and they are growing in fast -- shade is on it's way. The grass is green and growing. Wildflowers abound along roadsides and in unkempt yards. We even have one green tomato the size of my thumb and a tinny little green bell pepper. The kids planted sunflowers that have really shot up in the past two weeks and I planted a cantaloupe seed out a store bought melon to see what it would do. I was surprised when it sprouted in less than a week. I wonder if we'll get any melons.

Here's our front yard. Aaron just mowed the yard for the first time this spring. (The grass turns yellow and dormant in the winter here)

These plants got too big for the pots they were in so we planted them in the yard. The red flower in front of Anya is Elmo. We planted him in his pot last November-- he survived the winter and it thriving. Anya ripped up Cozmo and then we had a frost that did him in. So Talmage got this new Cozmo (still pink) in January.

Below is a picture of the kids in November shortly after we planted there flowers. Talmage is behind the old Cozmo. You can see how much Elmo and the kids have grown.

P.S. In the in the above picture the kids aren't cold. They are wearing warm clothes because it was cloudy but it was still in the 70's outside with the air conditioning running inside.