An Oklahoma Spring

As I'm typing this, the thunder is banging outside and even though it only started raining an hour ago, the air smelled of rain the entire day. The thunderstorms during the past few weeks have colored the landscape beautifully. The former owner of our home was an avid gardener and, to my benefit, liked perennials. We were playing in the back yesterday and Vince said, "Whoa, where'd those flowers come from?" He thought I had been doing some gardening, but they just seem to have showed up out of nowhere. Here are some of the things the rain has brought up in our yard:


Faith took this picture:


She liked the idea of checking out the landscape through the camera lens, so here's some more of her work:

The lilac trees are in full bloom and they are definitely my favorite. Another one of her pictures:

Then I turned the camera on her! (These are taken in front of our front door.)

I don't know what it is, but there's always been something about Faith that makes me want to take her picture by flowers!

Gabie wasn't about to miss out either. (I know, that dang NUK again!! We're working on it!)

Gabie pointed to the flowers and asked his new favorite question, "Whaz dat?" He asks that about everything, and he usually doesn't stick around long enough to hear the answer. Through that question, though, he has learned "frog," "bish" (fish), "bird," "turtle," and a few other things. He especially likes to ask it when he sees someone in the bathroom or undressing! Yeah, that's enough. Good night!