More from that Morning

Jillsy's "Guess Who" game was tougher than I thought it would be!

Others seemed to have just as much trouble as I did matching bloggers to photos, though.

Whew!

(The answers are posted now, by the way... You can go here or here to see them.)

This was mine, one of a zillion taken on one of a zillion morning walks.

Did you guess it?

If so, congratulations! (No one else did!) 

Here are a few of the others I took of that same plant that morning...

...and then I also took these...

(I bet you thought I was exaggerating about "a zillion"!)

Cactus Flower

Even the cactus

the thick-skinned, unattractive, prickly cactus

is capable of delicate, outrageous, unbelievable beauty.

There's a lesson in there somewhere, don't you think?

"Every spring is the only spring — a perpetual astonishment."

Ellis Peters

British writer, 20th century

In Transition (Hello Spring!)

With apologies to those of you still staring out at a snow-dusted world, 

here are the latest scenes from my little neighborhood. 

Maybe they'll warm you up.

Butterflies are finally staying still long enough for a photo op...

Splashes of sunshine, not just drops...

Grapevines sprout leaves...

...even as last season's grapes refuse to give ground ... er, stem.

Splashes of clover, just in time for St. Patrick's Day...

Easter-egg-blue sky and wakeful moon...

I have no idea what these are, but I like them!

Green, waking, stretching, growing...

Oaks are waking up, too...

Sparrows traveling in teams...

And last but not least, the Tufted Titmouse stopping by to say hi...