Life Everywhere.....

I spent a portion of yesterday roaming the yard and acres south of the house, looking for camera fodder. Everything has swung from Winter hybernation to life with one quick pass.....and we are under the scourge of some of the highest pollen levels I've encountered here. The sensible Anne would stay indoors and not venture out.
But that is not the Anne that grabs the camera and runs be it in night clothes or fully dressed!
I was surprised my redbud was doing this well. This is a native tree that has suffered from blight brought into the area by cheap trees imported from who knows where, diseased. I lost one redbud; it is on my list for this year to take down.

Under the protective branches and petals of the magnolia is my one lone Celandine Poppy. These used to be found is drifts in the woods, but with a good portion of old woodland going under the chainsaw, they are becoming sparser, harder to find. Mine was a gift from a friend who has a mass under one of her trees. I don't dig from the wild, although the occasional ditchrow gets some dirt and plants lifted. (the last time I did, I ended up digging into poison ivy roots and was at the hospital.....I am a bit more cautious now!)

The Jacob's Ladder that I purchased one plant of has multiplied and wandered throughout the front garden. Their delicate blossoms hold well when cut for bouquets, their tiny heads nod gently in the breeze. The chipmunk that is the resident *ground-mover* has not deterred this hardy plant from surviving. Perhaps it is not tasty.....which is a good thing! My poor garden is so ripped up (especially after not being able to care for it properly last year) that I am not sure what will be left until it blooms! If only I was a quick shot......which I am NOT!!! LOL!!!

After my camera adventure I succumbed to the allergy meds and promptly deposited myself into the comfy chair in front of the TV for the rest of the day and evening, and finally by nightfall the headache gone.

But who could miss the opportunity to record these beauties? My bit of Spring, captured in a mass of pixels, hidden away on a computer drive and waiting to be printed or saved to an external drive or put forth into the blogworld here. As much as it frustrates me, technology is wonderful!

And now I am off to check the weather, check the flowers and see if I can get myself again to the point of gasping for air, for the sake of photos.

It's not sane, but I love every second of it!

Enjoy!!!

Pax.