Spring? Perhaps an early one this year (2010)

The above photo of miniature daffodils was taken this morning (3/16/2010) and they are approximately 1 1/2 inches high already! Can't wait for the bright yellow flowers to appear!

Here we have poppies and clearly you can tell that I have not groomed the garden yet but if I were not on my way to work I would be grubbing in the flowers today because the temperature is supposed to reach sixty degrees by afternoon!!! Spring is such a beautiful time of year (once we get beyond the "dirty snow sludge").

Perfectly Beautiful Pink Poppies!

When I glanced out our window at the flower garden this morning I was delighted to see the poppies had opened completely! As you can see, they are the most beautiful pink color and are huge! I believe I planted the poppy plant three years ago and the first year I wasn't sure if the plant would survive but it did and by year two it put on quite a nice display! And this year the plant has exceeded my expectations it is just simply gorgeous!

Today was a perfect day for the poppies to bloom, reminding me that after a long winter we are greeted with rebirth...much like the life of Roger Johnson that we celebrated today. He was diagnosed seven weeks ago with pancreatic cancer and passed on last Friday, the 12th day of June. He now has been given new life and for that we are happy. He was a neighbor of ours and he and his wife Barbara have a daughter Andrea about the same age of our two daughters and they were best friends growing up on Sunset Drive. Oh the fun they had and Roger and Barbara were just like second parents to our girls and we are grateful for their many acts of kindness and all the memories we hold dear!

Life is indeed precious, let us all enjoy each day to the fullest! Where we see need let us do a kind deed!