Spring is here again!

Another whole inch of rain last night, and you know what that means! A flower post! Mama's Irises are blooming and beautiful now, so I have to show you a few pictures!

 

It's impossible to capture their beauty in a full sized picture, so I took these looking into their little throats.

Look at the intricate pattern of veins in this one!

I love this color.

These are white, gently touched with lavender.

Here is a full sized picture of the white one.

This survived the winter in one of my containers.

The hydrangeas are still mostly green, but this one is spilling out into blue around the edges.

 

We fell in love with this lily in the botanical gardens, and Mama and I (Abby) each had to get one last year. Unfortunately we couldn't pronounce the name then, and I can't remember it now.

I just love the details revealed in a close-up photo like this!

And one humble little daffodil in the midst of all this gaudy color! This little girl preferred swinging in the breeze to having her picture taken, so I had to capture her for a moment to snap this one!

If I were a fairy, this is where I'd sleep!

Silence...

I sincerely apologize for the silence in blog posts recently. The school year is funneling down to its close and consequently, the schedule has been packed with tests, piano recitals, and of course, plans for Jesse's graduation! A few weeks back, all the kids except Jesse (too old) and Nathan (too young) went to take the SATs. We all feel comfortable with how we did, and have always scored well in the past, but we haven't gotten the official results yet.

Everyone has also been busy with piano, Jesse, Sam and Chris have been in several competitions, always with glowing reports from the judges! And Jesse and Sam were honored to get a piano master class from UAB artist-in-residence, Yakov Kasman (Why yes, he is Russian, how did you guess?). And everyone is practicing pieces for the big end of the year recital, on May 18th. Nathan has still managed to practice a short time everyday, even with his broken arm.

And a quick update on that, his cast was removed this past Tuesday and he has definitely been enjoying his freedom!

The schedule only gets tighter as we head into May, Jesse is wrapping up high school, and he and Mama are squeezing his graduation into a packed month. In honor of this, (and because we don't have any new pictures) here are some pictures of baby Jesse.

 

How cute!