Thursday, March 26, 2009

Spring Preview

We are under a deluge of tornado warnings today and it's only 7:16 a.m.
Flood warnings abound as well. It is a good day to stay inside. Just a few photos of a recent trip across town yesterday. With all the rain, the landscape is changing rapidly from winter to summer. We've had tornado warnings and watches most of the night and day. It is a bit dreary, 94% humidity, alternating with feelings of hot and chilling. My roses are getting ready to bloom. To borrow a political phrase for my northern snow bound friends, "Help is on the way" with the promise of spring..


Crepe Myrtles just beginning to "come out."


In the older part of the city, some of the bricks in the buildings are beautiful....


Snapdragons bloom beneath the palms...


Azaleas abound everywhere


A few magnificent old oaks...

7 comments:

Biddie said...

How beautiful..We are still wearing our winter coats here and I haven't turned the furnace off yet..Soon, I hope, soon.

**Ya Think** said...

Those Azaleas are beautiful!! And the blooms come and go so quickly eh? I liked those bricks too!!

punxxi said...

Gorgeous! Today is the only day that is not raining this week, still colder than the proverbial well diggers...

tweetey30 said...

Wow these are wonderful. I like them all. I dont have a favorite photo.

tshsmom said...

We got 2 inches of snow overnight. :(

I saw all the tornado warnings for your area this morning. I decided the snow wasn't so bad after all.

Candy Minx said...

OMG your spring looks so fantastic! We had spring for a couple weeks. Snow this morning!

The trees are beautiful too.

Milla said...

How I love azaleas! They are so colourful and silky and gorgeous.
My rose tree has produced some shoots but no buds yet, and my garden faces north so it will be a while before I see some of my pink roses.