Our yard is in bloom!

signs of spring in South Carolina (my yard is becoming very colorful!)

I have a thing for clothes line photos and colorful blankets:)

two signs that spring is in the SC air....

my bushes are flowering

and J's working on his favorite toy:)

Spring is in the Air!

treasures in my yard: 



 

Spring in South Carolina is

quite colorful!!! 

today we visited some daffodil fields

and picked ourselves a bouquet:)

spring IS in the air!!!!

back in spring of 2010, we took our second trip to Florida.  This is when we were still living in WI, but we were ready, and I mean READY to move!  On the way back north to WI, we took a "slight" detour...to South Carolina (basically, two states out of the way;)....you see, J had been granted a phone interview at a company in some city (Beaufort;) that we had never heard of...I had this bright idea that we just go that direction, he call and change his phone interview to an in-person one!  Well, apparently, it must have worked;)  Anyhoooo, while J was in the interview, the girls and I had an opportunity to drive around Beaufort and get a feel for it.  The one thing that struck me was that there were flowering bushes; EVERYWHERE.....I have never seen so many flowering colorful bushes as I have in the Carolinas!  And I LOVED it!  I've had many posts from winter in Wisconsin, where I was literally seeking out color...I struggled with the lack of color in winter.  I would visit The Domes in Milwaukee (indoor botanical garden), candy shops, jelly belly factory....anywhere where I could find color!   

Here's the post from our first-ever trip to Beaufort, SC:

Well, obviously my wish came true; and I now have color, almost year round....our grass stays mostly green, we have a lot of sunshine, and not all trees lose their leaves.  And today, I happened to notice that one of our bushes is in bloom!  I LOVE color!!!  Happy Happy Spring!

spring is in the air !!!!

or hopefully it will be soon for everybody!

 
Piper's checking out the bunny; you know, for future reference and all!
  

notice my cool new chalkboard :D




Hippitoy Hoppity, Easter's on its way!

Let's Go for a Bike Ride!

It's a BEAUTIFUL breezy 81 degrees today---we hit the books and then we hit the trails!! This is our second trip to the trails--last time we went, a nice day in March, it was low 70's, but the snow was melting and the trails were muddy, and of course the trees were still dormant--so we wound up leaving the trail for a paved road-side path. Also, last time we hit the trail, my four year old Fairy girl was still using training wheels--and now she's zipping around like she's never had them!! So--today we tested her new skills on the crushed gravel---the only spill she took was in the parking lot, where it's not so crushed, but rather chunky and slippery. The trees of course are now beautifully in bloom--the sun went down, and the skies turned cloudy, just in time for their ride (I walked; I have a very hard time riding in slow motion--though they aren't all that slow anymore:)---the winds really picked up, which sounded really cool, as it was howling too! And there were lots of birds and bugs and tree frogs---LOVE the sounds and breezes of summer!!

Piper Loves Spring

Took My FOUR Girls to the Park

Happy Trails to Us

The last of the ice (I hope!)

Spring has arrived (in my book, though it's technically still winter). We had a nice 66 degree day yesterday--so what better way to celebrate than to hit the bike trails!! Well, that didn't last too long because there were a lot of muddy patches (I mean a foot of snow just melted days ago, afterall)--so, we rode onto plan B--and went to the paved path along the road (that goes into the trail)---it was wonderful and the sun felt wonderful!! We plan on doing the very same thing this afternoon, and tomorrow if weather still permits! (because I heard we're predicted to have snow again this weekend-snff snff :( Welcome to WI--80 degrees one day, a blizzard the next:)