Springtime Beauties

I go back and forth between my favorite season...spring brings new life, blooms galore, and warmth from a cold winter while fall ushers in autumn reds and golds, the cool breeze after a hot summer, bonfires, and boots :)  Guess I'll call it a draw and soak in the beauty of both.  Here are some glimpses of spring lovelies from our backyard...

Praying this hydrangea blooms this year.  Last year it was such a tease.  

Mint is already taking over the soon-to-be herb garden

 These bean sprouts were a total fluke.  The day of Cade's b'day party (in April), he was playing on the back patio with some new diggers and dried beans - pinto and black-eyed peas that I had in the pantry.  I thought I swept them all when he was finished, but evidently some made it into the mulch and TOOK ROOT!  We came home to these little leaves after our Chattanooga trip.  Anxious to see how/what they'll produce.

I love indoor flowers as well, and spring is the perfect season to bring the outdoors in.  Fresh flowers just make the house that more lovely, inviting, and happy :)