And truly the most abundant in our backyard.
As annoying as this weed is, I do find it most unusual. A weed or a flower? A seed or a shower of them? A part of child-hood, and a part of Spring. Maybe even a thriving example of the most copious life cycle.
Whether they are annoying or beautiful, I do not know.
And that is why I deem them – The Most Interesting Weed in the World.
As you can see from my earlier post, we are happily rocking the spring here in North Central Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth area). And although we have had a few unusually cold nights, all in all, we are having a fabulous spring. Much cooler and longer than any previous years. I guess the season is taking its time to move on (just like stubborn winter!).
But you know? I love this time of year. Not quite as much as I love Fall, but almost.
One of the first blooms to make their appearance in the spring are the wild clover. They pop up in the yard just before the first mow of the new season. I blogged about them in Spring of 2011 (also a weekly photo challenge) right in this post here. See? I told you I loved them and so does my sweet pup.
Unfortunately, we have mowed them down and weeded them out (in the stark tradition of having a unified green fairway lawn). I don’t know why I can’t talk my husband into having a wildflower yard. Wouldn’t that be spectacular? A nature photographer’s dream? I can see birds and butterflies flitting about. Lots of variety and color. He wouldn’t even have to mow…
Hmmmm, maybe next year…
In the meantime, frozen in time before their untimely trim. My gorgeous yard clover captured with my most favorite Nikon.
Aren’t they beautiful? I love how they kick off spring with such pop and flair.
This post is part of the Weekly Photo Challenge by the good people at The Daily Post on WordPress. I love their weekly challenges and inspiration. Please stop by and see other entries. Maybe, just maybe, you will be inspired to enter your own. I would love to see if you do, leave me a comment so I can stop by.
Happy Spring!
Don’t let the bright yellow fool you. This frequent flyer is a maverick full of dangerous twists, drops, and turns.
He did a fly by of our backyard and dang near collided with my husband’s 6ft tall flight control tower.
I believe he described it as…..“It looked like a small yellow bird!”
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a rare yellow butterfly. I tracked its origins to being a male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. It is hard to tell by the photos, but his size is incredible. He was at least three times bigger than the size of regular butterfly. I hear as caterpillars, they are pretty unique too. Mean and green about the size of small snake with eyes. Whoa.
We watched him in awe until he took to the airwaves again. Apparently, we were just a refueling station on his route.
Certainly, it is a rare treat for us to see a butterfly so different from the norm. We have TONS of the orange ones (Monarch), and many tiny-winged friends. But I haven’t seen a “small bird” size butterfly unless I was inside a Butterfly House at the State Fair.
Hey Maverick! Buzz by anytime. We are happy to oblige.
I had big plans to post about my daughter’s 19th Birthday. Her LAST teenage year. Her beginning as a mom…..
Fail….Her birthday was May 6th. Luckily, I took a photo.
My next big blog plan was to post about Mother’s Day. I wanted to be all weepy as my daughter is becoming a mother and I am her mother. How I drove to Oklahoma for the day to see MY MOM. Then, spent Sunday with my other mom, Jason’s Mom. And of course to end it with photos of Sydney and me. I handed my camera to Hubby and had him photograph us for her weekly pregnancy photos AND Mother’s Day.
It was sweet.
But it never got posted.
I, also, did not post about my photography groups’ first reception at the Arlington Museum of Art. We had veggies, fruit, cheese, and crackers. Not nearly enough wine…like only an hour’s worth.
I bought this beautiful bouquet from Central Market. We put some of the flowers in little lens cup holders and set them on the table.
It was so incredibly cute. Of course, after the reception I took them home and enjoyed them another week. I think pink gerbers are my very favorite. Now, we have had our second reception. It was not near as crowded as the first, but lots of fun. Did I mention how beautiful all the photographs on the wall are?
How about how I failed at Spring? You know….the season of beautiful blooms. A nature photographer’s haven. Well, I took them. I took TONS of photos at my Momma Sue’s beautiful spring yard on Easter Sunday (I took some of the kids too – heh).
Her hyacinth bloom. A new edition to her potted plant collection.
Her gorgeous wisteria. A yearly favorite as they are always gorgeous and wisty.
The incredible clover. A favorite of the bees every year, and who knew clover was so pretty!
And most importantly, a BLUE BIRD!
I love blue birds.
And this is what I meant to show you on my blog…..but didn’t.
My last blog miss is from my staycation at the end of March. That’s right. I took a whole week and stayed at home….sort of….I kinda went to Oklahoma for my Mom’s birthday and I made lots of other plans and lunches too.
My stay at home week ended up being a busy one, but super fun. And over wayyyyy too fast.
But one of the things I did on my vacation was go to the Fort Worth Zoo. A favorite place of mine. I happened to catch this little Road Runner at feeding time. I must say I have never seen a bird SO proud of his dinner “catch” in my whole life. He pranced around and around to every window showing off his find and shaking his tail feathers.
I’m sure many will think it gross, but I thought it was so funny. Not to mention, he is a beautiful bird, with or without mice in his beak.
That’s all for now. Stay tuned for the second part of How I failed my blog…..
It may include…anniversaries….and more zoo photos.
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