About a week ago our homeschool co-op met up for a field trip to Avery Island.
The 250 acre preserve is a gorgeously lush garden home to alligators, several varieties of birds and lots of mosquitos. Thousands of Snowy Egrets nest here to breed each spring…. an amazing sight to see. And the gators? Oh my. We'll save that for tomorrow!
In the spring down here in the south I have noticed many of the plants lose their leaves. So among the incredible blossoms you see red & yellow leaves speckled about the ground. The live oak also lose their leaves in the spring and if you are lucky enough to have one (or three) in your yard, you'll be cleaning up and tracking in leaves and pollen for about a month this time of year. Crazy southern seasons, for sure.
But spring? Spring that really begins in March? Oh will I ever gladly take it. I have never seen so many beautiful flowers and the blossoms are buzzing wildly loud with bees. It's really a euphoria of sounds & colors for my northern soul…..
What is about spring that gently pushes a reset button for us? As if we all calmly exhale….. I don't know if everyone is like that. The blossoms, the birds the little green shoots stretching up towards the sun…. happy laughing children, all of it seems to grab ahold of my heartstrings and shout "look at all this good in the world!"
My heart fills up with gratitude and I think, it is. It is so very good.
Awh nice! Great photos.
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Can I go visit there next month when I come to see you? I like saying NEXT MONTH!! That makes me really happy…
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Lovely…I miss azaleas.
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Thank goodness for reset buttons. It allows us to see and feel things over and over, in case we missed anything the first time :). Glad to have you back! Missed ya!!
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Yes of course…… you won't even believe what it feels like outside in late May….. oh my!
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They are fantastic aren't they??? And we have jasmine in our yard COVERED in blooms….. it is amazing!
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Oh you are too sweet. I'm glad to be back too….. I missed the connection with everyone…. but it was a good break, also 🙂
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The little girl in the yellow dress…I want her hair! 🙂
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Isn't it incredible? And she has the biggest brown eyes and sweetest elvish grin to go with it. Reminds me of Shirley Temple!
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Thank you G 🙂
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