In the land of tall clover

Just a bit of light

in between the clouds

shining down on the clover.

All the rain this week is going to make for a muddy field day on Friday.

Speaking of which, is it Friday yet?

13/52 Lush

The rain is making everything look so lush and beautiful! I just love, love, love spring!

Score

After some wheeling and dealing, I have a new car! I'm so excited! I got a Subaru Outback and we got it for a great deal (thanks to my husband's persistence). Right after driving off the car lot, we went to buy some plants and then went home to hurry to plant them in the garden before the rain came.

Now we are listening to the rumblings of the storm. Bliss!

Now, I have to come up with a name for the car. Any suggestions?

What I wanted to capture was the wind

Stressful weeks always last so long. But a little time in the sunshine - especially with the wind blowing makes everything right with the world.

Off to a little dinner with my mother and her church lady friends ("well, isn't that special...").

It is the only time of the year when I love the azaleas

They are just so beautiful when they are blooming! And then they are just a boring bush for the other eleven and a half months of the year.

Before I married my husband, I lived in a house with azaleas lining the entire property. Every summer, I had to trim back all the bushes (there were a LOT). Every summer, I got bitten by at least one spider.

At my current house, I had my husband dig up several azaleas. We only kept a couple because they are of the dwarf variety.

For the most part, I am so over azaleas.

Jellyfish

On Saturday, I looked for shells and shark's teeth. Instead, I found a funky jelly fish!

I wish I were back at the beach.

12/52 Decisions

A weekend at the beach... 300+ pictures taken... Between the evening walk on the beach and breakfast at The Fourth of May (great restaurant) and dolphins at the pier and Dona playing golf and dinner at Blackwater Grill (one of my top 5 all-time favorite restaurants) and long walks at the beach looking for shells (and finding so much more) and the deer on the golf course (they were so close to us!) and the super moon (who incidentally forgot his cape) - I had a hard time picking just one picture to represent the week. In the end, I deleted 200 pictures (really, who needs 68 pictures of dolphins swimming in the ocean?) and chose this one of the beach at low tide. The sand looked like a field of diamonds and I loved the silhouette of the person and the dog.

I love going on vacation and I love to come home! Now I'm off to slather on the aloe again.