Spring is Sprung

Every child is born a naturalist. His eyes are, by nature, open to the glories of the stars, the beauty of the flowers and the mystery of life. R. Search      

          

After the coldest Florida winter in memory, spring weather is more than welcome.  The wildflowers are in full bloom, along with all the glories that come with the season.

Laurel loves flowers and hats and smocked dresses.

Laurel is shown here in a sweet department store smocked dress that I bought for $4.  My friend, Judy Day, says it will be a cold day in***~~~insert “on the equator“~~~when her granddaughters will be wearing retail smocked dresses. I’m neither so proud nor so productive that I can pass up a bargain like this.  There are so many wonderful things about smocked clothing for children, comfort being one of the most important. In this dress and others that I have purchased at close-out prices, Laurel can eat popsicles, traipse through the woods and play in the sandbox without worrying about damaging a Nana-made dress.

And that’s what she was doing in the above photos, romping through a field of wild phlox and black-eyed Susans with her brother. As always, Robert was less than enthusiastic about this photo op, but he reluctantly stood  still long enough for a quick pic.

Spring is sprung in central Florida, with flowers and butterflies and citrus blossoms and grandchildren. Sweet it is.

Speaking of popsicles–well, several paragraphs ago I was— Alastair has discovered the mystery and delight of this summertime treat…….

I’ll give this red thing a try.

YIKES!!! It’s cold!But refreshingly sweet….Oh yeah–I like it!

Ooh–messy! But Mama has bleach.