Hope for Spring

                            Today is the last day of March,

and my niece Megan's 18th birthday...

both mean SPRING to me.

But we still have that snow from last week's storm.

I was certain my crocuses croaked...

UNTIL....

I went out to get the mail yesterday and saw this:

I couldn't believe my eyes!

Stabbing up from the snow,

the early spring bloomers

were not defeated.

I never stopped to look this close,

but with my new macro lens,

I am enjoying a new view of life.

I am leaving this cold stuff behind and

heading to my hometown of Cincinnati on Saturday.

I will stay with my mother

and play with my sister and her family for a week

of spectacular SPRING!

My brother-in-law Joe just got a new camera for his

March birthday, so we are going to seek out

photo ops.

My sister Sally says flowers are SPRINGING up

EVERYWHERE!

So, I won't be around for a week,

but I'll be back with SPRING glory.

And, when I return, this snow

will be gone and I can zoom in on

OUR SPRING!