The weather has been icky and rainy here for days. A cold front came in and the long pants had to come out of hiding. Today (really yesterday) Spring returned. This is what Spring looks like at my house.
This is my front porch. The kids and I cannot wait until the petunias bring the hummingbirds.
When you walk down our road you end up at a pond. Here are some rusted mailboxes that line the road.
Beautiful flowering trees reach out and begged to be touched and smelled by the kids. They stand in the wagon as we walk past, trying to grab a bloom. After one stern look from Mommy, the kids sit back down.
The area just before the pond has the cutest little birdhouse. I got this picture just as the kids started to run down the hill to the pond.
Ah, at last...the pond. Feeding the ducks and fish. We closely observed dragonflies. Mommy caught a frog and a toad, but we quickly released them after we pet them. This was our little nature adventure. We do this everyday when the weather permits.
Kim
How wonderful to have such a special place right in your neighborhood! Our new neighborhood has a great new bike/walking trail that meanders through a wooded area and along a creek. They have not finished the bridge for the trail, but have put some wood beams so you can cross. My kids are thinking this "bridge" and creek are the neatest thing. We are going to get our rain boots on and go play in the creek!
ReplyDeleteWe do much the same as you, getting out to parks, into our backyard. I'm trying to pretend I can grow a garden. I don't have much luck with those, but I can pretend right?
ReplyDeleteWe don't have anything like that. I go to a park, but it is really just some grass around a playground. We need to come visit you. ;-)
ReplyDeleteGreat post! We take a walk to our mailbox almost every day and then keep walking down the road looking at all the random stuff growing in the bushes and trees.
ReplyDeleteYour flowers are so pretty!
LOL you caught a frog! I recently took my older two for a walk over to the Botanical Gardens that we are fortunate to live nearby. I handed my son a camera and we walked and looked at the flowers the fishes and the tadpoles. they were a great sport :)
ReplyDeleteHope to expose them to more Jamaican sights as they are now older and can appreciate.
Lovely pictures by the way.
What a great place. I love those photos. They pretty much define spring.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love the first picture of the pillars. Great perspective!
ReplyDeleteYay for getting outside! We still haven't had our first trip to the state park yet. I can't wait, maybe this weekend!
Beautiful neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteoohhh I love your neighborhood! The pictures take me there...great job!
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