Spring .... part 2

Spring is a very welcome season after a cold winter. I know spring is on it's way when in the morning I start to hear the birds sing. Sure they "talk" to each other in the winter but in the spring they really start to sing. It is such a welcome sound. Another thing I start to look for is the male Red-Winged Blackbird. We can usually expect to still see some snow after there arrival but I know it's near the end when they return to town.

Then I love to watch things start to come up out of the ground, the landscape turn many shades of green as trees start to leaf out and grass starts to grow again. There are the wonderful soaking rains that water all these plants and if your lucky the sun will peek out while it's still raining and create a rainbow. As spring nears its end the temperature starts to rise and the heat needs to kick on less and less. We may even see days here & there of the higher temperatures of summer.

Here are some of the plants blooming in my garden as spring nears its end and summer approaches.



This is a time of year that in my garden I don't have as much in bloom. I hope to work in a few more things for this time of year and rework the bones of the garden so it looks good without a lot of blooms.

Stay tuned for summer photos.

Spring

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Spring is one of the four temperate seasons. Spring marks the transition from winter into summer. Its days are nearly twelve hours long with increasing day length, as it occurs near the time of an equinox. Annuals bloom in the spring. In the Northern Hemisphere, holidays such as Easter and Earth Day occur during the spring, which runs from March into June."

One of the things I love about spring is watching all the changes taking place outdoors. It starts with a decrease in the amount of snow falling, the melting of the snow on the ground. It can be kind of ugly at first. Then slowly plants start to poke out of the ground.



Depending on the weather things can move along slowly or with amazing speed. I am amazed at times by how quickly the plants can grow. And savor the times when it stays cool enough for the flowers to last a while.

Some of the first to bloom are the snowdrops and crocus:


Then about a month later, in my garden, things really pick up steam:


By May 11th even more is in bloom and growing:



to be continued.....

contest

Just thought I'd let any homeschooling readers know about a contest:
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/kristenph/696907/?#c1305974

I thought some of my readers might find this useful. Enjoy :)

Well summer is getting near & summer reading contests are getting started or about to.
We are actually going to do two this year. One our library does, which we did last year and we enjoyed, especially my oldest. This year we are also adding this one.
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/SummerReadingSplash.
I love to read and hope my children will also. That fact that they can earn prizes from the library contest and have a chance to win prizes from the other is a neat extra incentive for them.

So, it's been a while since I my last entry. A house, a husband, 3 kids & being pregnant is keeping me pretty busy. And since I have kept my blogs from being to detailed about my family, that hasn't left me with that much to say. Being pregnant again has lead me to being on website's that sell pregnancy and baby stuff, etc. One of my favorites I like to visit is Mom4Life.com and I wanted to let everyone know about this great giveaway they are having.






So, if you already have little ones running around or are expecting, head on over and enter for your chance to win some great prizes. Then check out all the great products they have for sale.

Rocky Mountain National Park

http://picasaweb.google.com/eeschick/RockyMountainNationalPark#
Back in November, my husband & I took a little trip without our children. We missed them but had a great time. I've already shared some of my photos from our trip to the aquarium in Long Beach, CA. Now I'll share some of my photos from Rocky Mountain National Park. We had a wonderful time there. We had great weather, the sun was shining most of the time & it was warm enough to wear turtlenecks with sweaters most of the time. Here & there we needed to pull out our jackets but not to often during the day. The scenery was just beautiful and I feel like my photos do not really do it justice. I was treated to seeling lots of elk in the late afternoon and early evening ours. I was bummed that I didn't see any of the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep, maybe next time. I definetly want to visit this park again many times and in the different seasons.

Now, if only I could remember how to add in my slide show, lol