Tuesday 4 ~ The Windy Month

 The Windy Month

Welcome back to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 where we try to have fun answering questions about various subjects.

March, they say, comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. It is called the windy month like Chicago is called the windy city!

1. Has March come in like a lion or a lamb in your neck of the woods?

I would say it has been mostly a lion, at least these past few days,  with a LOT of wind and a stormy weekend. It was warm in the high 80's yesterday, and today it was in the 60's, but the wind made it feel much colder.

2. There have been some awful storms of late.. have you suffered through them or have you ever suffered through a very bad storm in your life? (if so we wish you well)

Speaking of physical weather type storms, again, we are thankful that the predicted tornadoes for yesterday did not materialize here in our neck of the woods, but it was definitely a stormy afternoon.  Regarding other kinds of storms in life, yes, I've had them...haven't we all?  I believe everyone goes through different kinds of storms in life...and we really can't compare them with each other because whatever it is/was, it was a hard time to go through for each one of us.  But I am SO thankful that I know the Lord and that He has always been there for me in every kind of storm...oftentimes He has had to carry me when I just couldn't keep going on my own, but the beautiful thing is He did not ever let me go.  


3. Spring begins March 20th and ends with summer on June 20th this year. Any plans for Spring in general? How about the spring holidays?

No special plans that I am aware of at this time.  It would be nice to take a little spring trip to the mountains or the beach, but I doubt we will do either one. We just don't do much traveling anymore unless our kids go with us and do the bulk of the driving.  Easter is always a very special time for us, but we don't travel. We usually spend Easter with our family here at home and have dinner after church. Our church choir usually presents an Easter Cantata, and this year will be no exception. We are already working on it and it is always a blessing for those who participate in the singing as well as for those who come to witness it.


4. What are your favorite springtime flowers? Trees or shrubs?
How about a song with a springtime theme to it that you enjoy?

Right now we are enjoying the azaleas blooming everywhere we look.  And yesterday at church I noticed for the first time a beautiful wisteria vine blooming over the fence in our parking lot. I had to go take some pictures as they were so gorgeous:

The reason I'd never noticed them before was because this fence is behind where the old log cabin building stood on our church property for 100 years, before a tree fell on it during a hurricane a few years ago and we ended up tearing it down.  If these flowers bloomed last year, I just must not have been looking at the right time! 

( A link to another post about the log building.)

This little spiderwort flower was blooming everywhere too:

I have been very happy that the Hibiscus plant we planted recently is blooming very nicely:

Of course, I love many spring flowers, but a lot of my favorites don't grow here in Florida, like daffodils, lilacs, peonies, tulips.  Some areas do have lovely dogwood trees that bloom in spring and many other beautiful flowers. 

A song with a springtime theme?  Hmmm, I'm drawing a blank. I may have to come back to this later. While I'm thinking about it, I am writing this on Monday evening, which is St. Patrick's Day! I didn't do a St. Patrick's Day post today, but couldn't let the day pass without sharing these cute pictures:

Lily Grace was all ready today for St. Patrick's Day, and she had some special friends to play with as well:

Her cute little Fairy Friend was also wearing the green:

These sweet little Madame Alexander dolls, Miss Irish on the left, and Miss Scotland on the right, are ready for an Irish Tea Party:

For a previous fun post about Lily Grace and her friends on an Irish Adventure, click HERE

But the most exciting thing for Lily Grace today was that she finally got to meet Blackie and Sunshine up close and personal:

Blackie was giving Lily Grace the sniff test to make sure she was safe, and not going to bark at him like those puppies did yesterday! LOL.  Aww, I think he's giving her a sweet kitty kiss:

Then Sunshine also had to check her out and make sure she was safe:

I think they both gave her their kiss of approval!

And I think Lily Grace gave her seal of approval too!  So now they are all friends! Hooray!

Oh, and true to my word, I went around and checked on the Sand Hil Crane couple today to see if there was any "news",  but so far it appears that Mama Crane is still sitting on the nest:

And Daddy Crane is still keeping a close watch nearby for intruders:

So for now, no new babies for St. Patrick's Day!  

Okay, to close this post, I just thought of a "Song" for Spring, but it isn't exactly a song set to music (that I know of), but it is known as the "Song of Songs" or "Song of Solomon" , 

Song of Solomon 2:11-13 NKJV

"11 For lo, the winter is past,

The rain is over and gone.

12 The flowers appear on the earth;

The time of singing has come,

And the voice of the turtledove

Is heard in our land.

13 The fig tree puts forth her green figs,

And the vines with the tender grapes

Give a good smell.

Rise up, my love, my fair one,

And come away!"

And with that I will bid you farewell for this episode of the Tuesday 4 meme! Be sure to go over HERE to check out what others are writing today