YEP! IT'S SPRING!

Remember these tiny miniature red tulips from yesterdays blog?

Well this is what they looked like today when the sun was out bright and it was 80 degrees. I had estimated about 14, today I actually counted them and there are 26 tulips on this one bush.

Some are really much bigger then other years too, about the size of a cup! I guess that comes from lots of moisture and a snow packed winter.

A closer up picture so you can see how big they are.

I saw this big bumble bee today. I know that's a sign that spring is here.

These are a very early blooming ground cover, Vinca Minor, It grows just about anywhere. It only gets about 6 inch's tall and has royal purple flowers for at least a month in spring.

My Grandma Rose (because it is a shoot from my grandmothers original pink rose bush) is getting new spring leaves. A great sign of spring.

The tiny grape Hyacinths are coming out by leaps and bounds.

Everyone knows what this is! Yep, a fresh mown lawn, the first cutting and you all know that fresh incomparable new mown lawn smell!

I just had to include this picture. Just like a little child when you tell them to get out of the way. He just had to turn back and get in my new-mown-lawn picture. Look at that GUILTY look on his face.

I finished the lawn just in time, see those rain clouds on their way?

And my cat needed some attention too and did pose for this picture.

I hope you all take time to enjoy the spring sights and smells. It's a special blessing from God and a very special NEW LIFE time of year!

Would you believe...?

This was April 5th, just 15 days ago!
Palm Sunday 15 days ago, 13 1/2 inch snow over the foot from 1 week earlier.

This was another 5" snow on April 9th. Just 11 days ago.

SO Would you believe that today April 20th the early Tulips are blooming.

The lawn needs mowing too.

You can see where the cold 15 - 20 degree temp froze the edges of the tulip leaves. But they sure are tough and pulled through with flying colors!

These are some pink Hyacinths that are open today!

A couple of yellow Daffodils!

And more pink hyacinths. I plan to get a few more bright colors of hyacinths for next fall so next spring it will look more colorful. The grape purple hyacinths are about a week behind these.

I hope you are all enjoying beautiful spring weather and spending some time outdoors!

The Battle of the SHINE!

After Church and lunch, My husband and me decided to shine the Tahoe's. He had washed them both and they turned out rather spotty! Especially the BLACK one. We went to Menard's and bought two different types of car spray and shine products.

He used the heavier wax type in the blue container!

And I used the lighter easier spray shine from the black container.
The Battle was on! THE BATTLE OF THE SHINE!

Notice the shine on the drivers side!

The 5 year old black above and the 10 year old blue below.

FROM THE FRONT!

From the side. It's hard to pick the winner of the Battle of the SHINE!

What do you think? We both worked hard.

We hope the shine will last awhile now that the snow is thawed and the rain is finished.
It was a beautiful sunny, warm day to be outdoors.

Actually, it wasn't fair, his has way more chrome to shine!

Easter with my parents!

My home town church was as beautiful as ever decorated to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior JESUS! The communion service was great and the joyous voices about made the rafters ring as everyone sang the beautiful Easter Hymn's


My parents Easter Morning, My dad with his Easter Basket hat, WWII 90th division hat. I was
thrilled when I found it at the VA Hospital in Omaha. It even has the Tough Ombre patch, the one I always remember him showing me as a young child.

This is my husband and I with my parents on Easter morning!

Our 13 yr old grandson with his Papa and Nana. He is getting so tall! Our youngest daughter and family came to Niagara for Easter weekend too.

The Easter Egg coloring or dying! It is a family tradition and still loads of fun as you can tell as my father of 90 years old takes part in the fun!

My Niece and husband opened their lovely home for us, they had a total of 23 people there to enjoy a Delicious Easter meal.

They even used their New Wedding China and it was very elegant and beautiful.

Below is my Niece taking time out to hold her new nephew.

There are few things quite so important!

Great Grandma got her baby time !

Of course, Mom got in her baby time!

Dad too!

This is Mom and Dad and their new son at the Easter Worship! I love the way dad and his son match colors and that wasn't even planned. What a great way to start your family by bringing him to Church.

This is Grandma, She loves her new grandson and I can tell she treasures every minute with him.

This is Grandma with her first and only grandchild, She loves him dearly and bought this cute little Baby's First Easter outfit.

My youngest daughter loves babies and took her turn holding him. I love those little wrinkles in his forehead. When I look at them I think of my father, when I was a child always wrinkling up his forehead as he moved the top of his head forward and back. Something I have not seen anyone else do!

So, So Precious! I think the cute little chick feet really make the outfit!

You can tell when there is a new baby in the family, they get all the attention and that is the way it should be, he will only be a tiny baby for a short time.

HOLY WEEK

The Triumphal Entry

Luke 19:30-31 Go to the village ahead of you , and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, "Why are you untying it?' tell him, 'The Lord needs it.' "

The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that

Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.

They took palm branches and went out to meet him shouting,

"Hosanna!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"

"Blessed is the King of Israel! " John 12:12-13

JESUS WASHES HIS DISCIPLES' FEET

John 13:5-7 After that he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"
Jesus replied, "You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand."


When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve.
While they were reclining at the table eating, he said,
"I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me--- one who is eating with me."
They were saddened and one by one they said to him, "Surely not I?"

Mark 14:16-19

THE LORDS SUPPER

Mathew 26:26 While they were eating, Jesus took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body."

Then He took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all f you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."

Then Jesus went to the garden of Gethsemane to pray, Jesus was arrested, taken before the Sanhedrin, Peter disowns Jesus, Jesus taken before Pilate,

then Jesus was Sentenced and Crucified, died in our place and buried.

Jesus Appears to Mary

Mark 16:9-11
When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping. When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.

I would ask you all to read the four Gospels, Mathew, Mark, Luke and John's accounts of Holy Week, the death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus. It is just as if four of us had witnessed a special event and told in our own words. The figurines pictured above, that I have purchased through the years, help in my Holy week observance, as I stop, meditate, reflect and worship My Savior,who gave His all for me and you that we might have life here in this world and life eternal with Him in heaven!

My Niece and husband had a baby boy March 30th.

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