Azaleas

The azaleas in the front of our house were blooming quite gorgeously for the last couple of weeks.  The bumblebees were quite happy about the abundance of flowers!  They're pretty much kaput now, which is sad because we really don't have any other flowering plants in our yard other than the invasive honeysuckle vine. I would plant more flowers, but we're renters and can't really do much about the landscaping.

My mom also has azaleas in her yard.  Her bushes produce white flowers with pink stripes, which is also really pretty and a bit exotic looking. 

 

Jack and I are hopefully going to wander around on of the local parks today, if he has enough energy after spending the morning at the gym.  We haven't decided which one, although Greenbelt Park is high up on my list of parks to visit this spring.

Spring in Merry-land

This male robin has claimed my fence as his territory.

Fiddleheads

The azaleas are blooming now.  So pretty!

Let's hope it rains tonight like it's threatening to so all the tree spooge in the air gets washed away.  I'm really very tired of the trees having sex in my nose, ya'll.

Have a lovely Saturday! 

Snow, and a spectacular Ravens failure

Damn. The Ravens lost to the Patriots today. I was really rooting for my boy Joe Flacco, who went to my alma mater (University of Delaware). They were so close...I can't even believe the kicker blew that last field goal. OMGWTFBBQ.

My friend Dakota and I have decided that if the Giants go to the Superbowl too, we are rioting. BURNINATE THE COUNTRYSIDE.

(For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, watch this and giggle. And those of you who do, watch this and giggle and enjoy the throwback to Homestar Runner :)

Anyway, football aside, it snowed yesterday. Well, to be more precise, it snowed, and then we got lots of freezing rain.

This sad little stone swan planter came with the house we're renting.  The sedum growing in it is actually very pretty in the summer.

Last night for the dark moon, I meditated some on the energy of the dark moon and the quiet of a land covered in snow.  It was very peaceful and helped re-energize me after a long, tiring week at work.  Then I got out one of my tarot decks and pulled out the 7 of cups.  Yes, this is the same card I pulled 2 months ago during  a full moon.  I'm still mulling that one over.  I tried asking for more information about that in my dreams, but instead I had a baffling series of dreams about bar fights, a Mexican restaurant called Lupy's (a figment of my imagination who name I remember very clearly), and wolves.  I have no idea.