The Color Purple

Prairie Verbena

I'm not sure what this is, but the bees and bugs sure loved it! 

Wine Cup

Prairie Onion

Wild Chicory

(this actually hasn't bloomed again yet, but I'm keeping an eye out for it!)

"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.... 

People think pleasing God is all God care about.  

But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back."  

~Alice Walker, The Color Purple, 1982

A Walk on the Wild Side

It's March, can you believe it? 

I'm not happy that the year is flying by,

but the signs of spring I find around me make me want to dance.

The Hollow is coming back to life.

Most branches are still bare, but the redbuds are getting the party started.

Mourning doves are back, greeting me on my morning walk... 

...and cooing their mournful song from the trees.

There's been enough rain to keep Max's favorite pool open.

And he's not the only one enjoying it.

Adventurous and hardy Prairie Verbena is always one of the first to emerge and last to disappear.

American Robins have decided they like the Hollow and are lingering a bit.

Our little front yard (home of the bird feeder) is becoming a popular hang-out for the neighborhood critters like this squirrel.

I don't know why this Mexican Jay is giving me the Evil Eye.

A small party of fluffy American Sparrows arrived and posed for me. 

I'll share more of them tomorrow. 

What signs of spring are you finding?

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Earth Laughs in Flowers

I wish I'd said that, but Ralph Waldo Emerson beat me to it.

But I'm still happy to report quite a bit of giggling in the Hollow lately. 

I've tried my best to identify the sources:

...Daisy Fleabane...

... the White Anemone Blanda...

...Purple Anemone Blanda...

...Redbud Tree Blossoms...

...Huisache Daisy or Bitterweed (any experts out there want to chime in?)

...that tough Prairie Verbena...

...Spiny Aster...

...and my favorite right now, the Blackfoot Daisy...

"The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day He created spring." ~ Bern Williams