I was sitting out on our porch swing this afternoon taking a moment to read and enjoy the sunny weather. I looked up from my book and was struck by the brilliant blueness of the sky. We live in such a beautiful world and being that this is Earth Day, I thought would snap some pictures to share. We should always care about taking care of the earth, for this is the only one we are going to get!
This is a Eastern Redbud tree, AKA a miracle bush for when we first got it, it did not look good at all. I faithfully watered it every day and I am pretty certain that there were drivers passing by wondering why I was watering something that looked very small and pitiful. But now every Spring I love looking out into our yard and seeing the lovely blooms.
This is our Gold Rush Red Wood tree just starting to bud once again. The leaves are so very soft.
Surprise! This is on our back porch Yes, there may be times I like to keep my readers in suspense. 🙂 Just what do you think we have in this thing at times??
Nuggets of Gold 
A Giraffe!
No, wait . . . a Tiger!
No, no, no ~> a ZEBRA!
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LOL! I would love to have a zebra! 🙂 I think our neighbors suspect it’s a tiger 😉
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Love the Redbud! Ah…a body?😉
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Thanks! I only wish it bloomed for longer, just about 2 months and then its done.
Haha about the body, I had joked with my husband before that our neighbors might think that! 🙂
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This is alive, so no body! 🙂
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A lawn mower! No wait – 3 grazing sheep! To keep the lawn nice and trim.
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I have always told my husband that we should have a goat to help keep the grass short, but 3 sheep would do just as well 🙂
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Yes exactly!
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The man of the house, when he has been banished to the non-existing dog house?
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Hahaha!! Now that is clever 🙂
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Pictures are all lovely. What is the mystery? A padded cell – but for whom?
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Hmmm…. 🙂
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Not telling, huh?
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The answer will be revealed in tomorrow’s post. 🙂
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Such a beautiful time of year! 🙂 ❤
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Yes it is! Just makes you feel so happy 🙂
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The Redbud Tree is okay, but those dandelions on the lawn are sure spectacular. I think you keep bunnies in the box, which you eat for Easter dinner.
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Oh gosh! I could pick a whole bunch and send them in the mail!
We ate ham! 🙂 No poor bunnies!
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Of course, I was teasing you. It looks to me like you have a beautiful yard. Although I would steer clear of that scary looking plywood box.
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Nooo…really! 🙂 You probably realize too that the dandelions in the mail would end up the same place as wherever that check ended up. 🙂
The answer to the scary looking box will be in tomorrow’s post, unless I forget!
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Earth Day should be more than a once a year event, if we hope to save our planet Earth Day must be everyday! Your trees and yard are beautiful. Benjamin and I both love Dandelions, though most consider them to be weeds. As Pooh Bear says : “Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.” I was hoping that you had the thingy that enables the enlarging of your photos for closer inspection of details, no such luck. I wanted to be able to inspect that box closely to check for a ventilation source. Then upon looking at the box from all possible angles, my attention was drawn to the concrete blocks that look like steps and the solution became obvious. Only a person on the smallish side would need steps to get into this box and that must mean that it is…YOU, the box is your hiding place. I was wondering though, do you have blocks inside so that you can get your smallish self out again? Thank-you!
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Wow, that Redbud is super striking! So pretty.
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Thanks!! I do love it.
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