Pink Simplicity

simple bleeding hearts and flower strewn pathways...

{I received a lot of comments about my

pathway so I added more photos for you

to enjoy. The smell is so intoxicating

when this tree is in full bloom!}

I also am reminded of this poem/song

from my youth...

God hath not promised Skies always blue Flower -strewn pathways All our lives through.

God hath not promised Sun without rain Joy without sorrow Peace without pain.

But God hath promised Strength for the day Rest for the labor Light for the way.

Grace for the trials Help from above.

Unfailing sympathy Undying Love.

so thankful for His promises today...

Breath of Spring

I was out in my yard yesterday taking a few

photographs of my flowers

and I wanted to share them with you.

Lilacs are my favorite spring flower and these

are just starting to open. We have five bushes now

and I am so excited to see them all in bloom this year!

There will be purple, lavender and white blossoms

along with a lacey dwarf Korean lilac.

{note the splashes of yellow in the background...

those pesky dandelions. lol. }

This wild geranium always puts on a

pretty show for me.

This is a gorgeous blossom

on one of our apple trees.

Beautiful white pear tree blossoms. More stunning lilacs.

I love my bleeding heart plants.

They usually get huge, but they didn't get as

big this year.

I wonder if it is because of less rain.

Last, but not least...

I think these phlox almost look fake in this photo,

but they are real as real can be.

Enjoy your Saturday and have a

gorgeous weekend.

blessings~

These feet were made for walkin...

and walk they did...

in Hillsdale, Michigan today

Remember last year when I showed you pictures

that I took at the Hillsdale college arboretum? Here we are again today...

only a whole month earlier!

aren't these trees just gorgeous?

I love the gazebo too!

We saw some young ladies all dressed up and

some young men in white tuxedos so I wonder

if there was a wedding about to take place.

I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted to

because it was just too cold and windy. Lucky to get the ones I did. lol.

I think these may be weeping cherry trees

a nice place to stop and take a rest

whatever these trees are... I love them!

Hillsdale is one of the most beautiful towns I

have ever seen and I am so glad I live close by!

If I had to live in town I would pick this one.

It is full of beautiful old victorian homes.

Believe it or not this is the front of the hospital!

Beautiful trees in the hospital yard.

I love this beautiful old church too.

The stained glass windows in it are amazing!

Hopefully someday I can get pictures of them too.

Hillsdale College campus

One of my favorite houses on the main street

I would love to live here!

Another house right beside the previous one

This street is just lined with architectural beauty

and hundreds of flowering trees in spring!

When it is flower planting time the garden club

donates beautiful hanging baskets that

line the streets. They are so beautiful and lush

it is breathtaking.

The ideal small town to live in for sure!

Happy weekend! Blessings~

Spring Blossoms ~

Our weather here in Michigan just can't make up it's mind. Cold, warm, rainy, cold again, warm again, just right, rainy, COLD AGAIN! I am hauling in my hanging baskets again tonight for fear of frost. I do hope that warm *SPRING* weather arrives soon to stay. I think those beautiful warm days that we were teased with in March makes it appear colder than it usually is for this time of year when in reality it is probably just about right. One of these days it will be warm and stay that way...until fall.

The sun was warm but the wind was chill

You know how it is with an April day,

When the sun is out and the wind is still,

You're one month on in the middle of May.

But if you so much as dare to speak,

A cloud comes over the sunlit arch,

A wind comes off a frozen peak,

And you're two months back in the middle of March.

~Robert Frost

Beautiful apple tree blossoms from our yard~

Crab apple tree blossoms right outside my back door~

Enjoy your day today whatever the weather...it is a wonderful day to be alive ~ Blessings~