Celebrating Spring

The first day of spring! After winter, it's always so lovely to see things bursting into bloom. I have a habit of snapping pictures every year, trying to capture what can only be truly experienced with all 5 senses. Last week I was resisting the urge to take yet another batch of flower photos; but this week I threw common sense to the wind and decided the early date is sufficient reason to take pictures of it all.  After all, when have I ever had so many blooming things on the first day of spring?!

 

tulip,    hyacinth,    hydrangea

peony sprouts,    apricot blossom

is spring complete without dandelions?   a promise of lilacs to come

daffodil,    muddy shoes- another spring staple

In the evening I attended a Spring Celebration with a group of folks from our church. It was awesome! We went early, expecting to wait in line to get in. To my surprise, there was no line and the auditorium did not get full. It's a mystery to me why more folks didn't take advantage of this delightful free event.

 There was prelude music by these young ladies/sisters... 

Followed by another singing group/family, of which our favorite was their rendition of

"The Farmer Feeds Them All".

And the real treat of the evening was keynote speaker Philip Yancey.

He spoke on "Seasons of Soul". You can read a similar synopsis here.

Inspiring words of truth and grace. Always better 'in person'.

Being the offspring of an author, I'm generally not given to "author-worship" but I did acquire an autograph for my scrapbook. :)

I don't remember when I've had a lovelier first day of spring. Happy spring, everyone!

Ramblings

I got a delicious iced coffee recipe from a friend but made the mistake of drinking a cup too late in the day Sunday evening. I was wired past 3AM! Them eyes just kept a poppin' open and my brain refused to shut down. During that time I thought up a truly inspired blog post, which I cannot remember a word of now- not even the subject matter.
So my blog sits dormant. What can one write about when one is spending days slogging through endless cooking, cleaning, laundry, bookwork and such like? Hosting 25 guests on Sunday was a gesture of guilt for not having company more often and 'host family' is a wonderful system for pushing us to get it done? I added spring cleaning to my schedule today? My crocuses are blooming? [Hooray for spring!] After 3 years of cookbooking, I am finally scrapbooking our regular photos again- and 2004 seems like an eternity ago? We tried spinach smoothies [JS got the recipe from his biology teacher] and it's really not as disgusting as it sounds, albeit there is a certain "healthy" flavor to it. Nope, no one is interested in that stuff. I was raised on conventional wisdom like "When you don't have anything to say, don't say anything" hence a dormant blog.