ooooh pretty!

Thanks, Julie ....I am living through images lately : )

Night all...
Thanks for coming by : )

Lovely colours, patterns, cat & little one.
Spring.

Stunning gorgeous. The turnip pic is amazing...

I am warming my hands on these all dear JT.
But that one looking through the knot hole speaks to me the loudest..
May we all see the rose buds everywhere.

Yours is done with an eye 4 design JT. Thanks for sharing spring by U. Sorry you R stressed. Hope Ur Mothers day was cool in a warm way. tg

Hey, I could do one of those. Only with less artful pictures. Nice!

You gave me a big smile today. Thank you~

Great series of pics leading up to the star of the show ...little rose bud. R

Indeed, rosebuds everywhere.

Beautiful!!! A very good way to unstress....

Oh so fine but where did you find all those colorful rocks?

Very pretty and perky. Baby is adorable.

Thanks, Kim. Strange to see the opposite end of your year?
I wish I saw that little one more : )

Brazen, thanks! It is actually a new rhubarb leaf still in a ball and just emerging....but I thought it cool too : )

Mission, that knot hole is my favorite of the Spring snow shots I have...most too boring to post...
Glad you like the peek through : )

Thanks, tg. Stress has been chronic for too many of us.
Not a bad stress reducer though, eh?
...and Mother's Day was a nice mellow get-together of sons with Logic Puzzle quizzes, brunch and Scrabble. The canoe ride we bailed on though...thanks for asking!

Myriad, just so many photos and so little words lately...
I am also working on a tough writing now, so the photos are a nice break.
I'd love to see your photo chronicles!
I have many more piling up : )

Simply beautiful pictures.

The crocii were breathtaking. Lovely pictures. Especially the secret view through the knothole.

Very nice. I was worried for a moment there that you were going to do something very different (and then my idea and project would come in second) and steal some thunder. [laughing] Of course, I'm kidding, half the stuff I read makes me wonder why I didn't think of that and the other half has me wondering what can I add to that, so...

And in true Yogi Berra style, half of this game is physical and ninety percent is mental.

--r--

Love the spring of this, in all ways. And so nice to know another rock and shell collector.

These are gorgeous, JT! I'm concerned that you are stressed out.

Question: Why don't we get rhubarb in Georgia? I mentioned it to a neighbor the other day and he had never even heard of it.

Lezlie

wow r.

Hey scanner! A Monday smile is good! Thanks for that : )

Gerald, thanks so much and you are so right. Our little granddaughter is a treat. And by now in later Spring we have the other kind of rosebuds too : ) Granddaughter is cuter...

Hi John! Thanks for coming by : )

Hi lunchlady, thanks for coming by as well....and yes, I relieve stress by taking pictures. I just cannot seem to write about troubles at the moment, only when they are old news.

Thanks Algis -- I added some close-ups for you : )
I collect them from all our travels around the country and usually remember where they all came from. Most of the year they are on windowsills, artfully lined up by color or whatever struck me at the time...then the cats come a knocking them off...I think they are trying to land them on the dog's head : )

Thanks, Rita, Baby *is* adorable...now if all the rest of our family would be so too, as you heard : ) Nice to have you come by...

Very nice.

Great pics, especially the Cat and the bebe!!

Completely beautiful.

Magical work full of beauty...Nature is the greatest art..besides your baby!!!Rated...The shell is indeed magic!!!Just great

So gorgeous! I'd say I like the first photos of the flowers best, but since your cat resembles my darling Ali, I have to go with that one as my favorite!

Thanks, David. : )

My sister is laughing at how her 'crocii' that I usurped from her has now gone on to OS history!
That knothole is my favorite too -- too bad the neighbors have not one scandalous thing going on for me to peek at : )

dunniteowl: Huh?? Nice to have you come by though. Glad I didn't steal your idea : )

Lea: You too? Rocks are my postcards from all over : ) The shell was my mom's, I like the swirl on the back better, as you can see...
Nice to see you : )

Hi L. The stress isn't fading, I'm sorry to say.
Income and medical worries...
Never heard of rhubarb!!?? That's crazy!
According to good ol' Walter Reeves, Georgia Gardener, it's not cold enough in Georgia for the rhubarb (and lilacs, another fave here) to thrive and the Springs are too warm. Reading that, I realize I must be a rhubarb, as that's my issue with Georgia too (okay, one of them)
: )
Of course, I'm out here nurturing a Mimosa sprout to take root, plus some azaleas, a dogwood and a Southern Magnolia....if I had a bigger yard, a Tulip Poplar would be next.
I've accepted I am just plain odd.
Thanks for coming by...

Thanks, I think, Jon : ) Hopefully the 'wow' was for good.

Thanks, Deborah! Nice to have you come by...

jmac: Thanks to you, too! I am quite fond of that cat and baby granddaughter : )

Thanks, Sheila! Nice to see you : )

Thanks so much, STATHI !
Nature *is* the best art, I agree. I felt quite lucky to capture some of that beauty with my little point-and-shoot camera. The granddaughter is an extra special blessing of beauty : )
I appreciate your coming by!

Alysa, those black cats are wonderful, aren't they?
This is Onyx. She was at the pound for months so I brought her and the other one who'd been there too long home last winter. Onyx we call Monkey Cat as she's is so monkey-like, complete with curling monkey tail...the other cat, a tortoiseshell/calico, Youngest named Santa Paws...that's great to be calling out at midnight: Santa!! Santa Paws!!
Nice to see you : )

Catching up here, been away. Beautiful post, JT. As you say, "rosebuds everywhere!" I have a kitty cat that looks just like that.

So glad I came back to see this, what a lovey post. What a gorgeous baby! Whose? You phptograph shows real talent. Maybe our talents come out when we are stressed. You mentioned troubles and it seems to be coming in bucketfulls for us too. There must be a lught at the end of the tunnel. And while we are waiting for that, good work Anna. Very lovely.

So glad I came back to see this, what a lovey post. What a gorgeous baby! Whose? You photograph shows real talent. Maybe our talents come out when we are stressed. You mentioned troubles and it seems to be coming in bucketfulls for us too. There must be a light at the end of the tunnel. And while we are waiting for that, good work Anna. Very lovely.

So glad I came back to see this, what a lovey post. What a gorgeous baby! Whose? You photograph shows real talent. Maybe our talents come out when we are stressed. You mentioned troubles and it seems to be coming in bucketfulls for us too. There must be a light at the end of the tunnel. And while we are waiting for that, good work Anna. Very lovely.

So glad I came back to see this, what a lovey post. What a gorgeous baby! Whose? You photograph shows real talent. Maybe our talents come out when we are stressed. You mentioned troubles and it seems to be coming in bucketfulls for us too. There must be a light at the end of the tunnel. And while we are waiting for that, good work Anna. Very lovely.