What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks .... The Sun??

The wind chimes on the front porch gently sing this morning as the sun rises over the small pond across the road. That heavenly body is hardly recognizable for we haven't seen the sun in three days here, but it is a welcome sight. I sat in the swing enjoying the sounds and the view : the wind chimes and the Canada geese playing in the water for a few minutes before having my morning "fix" of pepsi . Although I no longer have a fever, I feel really wiped out and am headed back to bed for a few hours. I was up at 6:30 AM and am just not ready to be awake and up. I noticed the four azaleas I had moved last year from the back flower bed (placed in front of the porch) are at the end of their three week bloom season. They did very well and never seemed to resent the move. The deep fuchsia color of the bloom looks really well against the green of the ivy covering the area of the porch behind them. The "Bloom n Again" azaleas are in bloom now. The whites are full and the peachy pink colors are just about half. The white is a double bloom with a breath taking pure white color. It gives you pleasure just to see them in bloom. I like the fact that they are a later spring blooming azalea, instead of being one of the really early bloomers. There is not quite as much chance of them being bitten by one of our late killer frosts.

Off this topic for a second, I want to mention that the dogwoods were just starting in bloom this year on my birthday, March 29th. Every year on my birthday, I repeat to anyone who will listen what my Mother told me about the day I was born. She said that as she and Daddy were driving to the hospital for my birth, one of the only things she was really aware of, other than the pain, was that the dogwoods were in full bloom. So every year on that date, I gauge whether spring is early or late by the bloom stage of the dogwoods. Just an informational tidbit of completely no value to anyone but me. But just a warning............that won't be the last time I mention it ... LOL

I hope to be able to do something outside later today. I still have about 30 or so seeds packs to get into cups for germination. I could do that inside at the sink and kitchen counter and/or on the front porch in the swing. Checking with weather.com our chance of rain today is only 30 percent. We were expecting a much higher percentage with rain all day. This could be a great gardening day after all. I'll finish this blog later today.