A moment of Zen...

[Blue_In_AK]

The snow is gone, the ice is melted ... ahhhhh........





(Dedicated to Maddy McCall because I told her I would. :) )

[Maddy McCall]

1. Oh, Blue.

That is gorgeous. How do I sit myself in the middle of that scene?

Just gorgeous.

We had a snow down here in deep-south Mississippi a couple of months ago...I'm posting this photo for you! It's my Dad's old tractor, dusted in snow.




:hug: You're so sweet to do this.

[stuntcat]

4. ooo beautiful!

What a great picture, I love it.

[Maddy McCall]

7. Thanks! I think it's gonna be my Christmas card this year.

Thanks! :)

[Blue_In_AK]

5. Wow! Snow in Mississippi?!

I didn't know that ever happened down there. Are you in the north part of the state? That is an awesome photograph. I'll have to direct my husband over here to see that one. He used to have a little ranch down in Texas in his last incarnation (before he hooked up with me again and I made him move to Alaska :) ), and he l-o-v-e-d his tractor.

[Maddy McCall]

8. I'm way down south in southern Miss.

Thanks! That photo just has my dad written all over it. That's where my dad sits most of the spring and summer...lol.

I didn't know you have a Texan husband!? I'm a Texan! I was born in San Antonio, raised in the Port Arthur area. I know your husband knows where PA is.

[Blue_In_AK]

9. He was born in New York

but moved to the Houston area when he was really young, under two I think. I used to live down there myself, which is actually where we met in 1963 when I was 16 and he was 15. We were crazy in love, but my parents thought we were too young to be so serious and put a lot of pressure on me to "play the field," which, as an obedient daughter, I reluctantly agreed to do. So Jimmy and I drifted apart and had no contact after 1967 until I got the urge to look him up in 2000, at which time I located him in Crockett, where he had retired to the mini cattle ranch after his Merchant Marine career. We were both in horrible marriages at the time, one thing led to another, and two divorces later, we were married in June 2003. It's the best thing that ever happened to me. :) True love never dies.

[Maddy McCall]

13. What a sweet story!

You are right...true love always wins.

:hug:

[Deja Q]

2. Zen rules!

[Maddy McCall]

3. Hey. You've made some really cool Zen-like photos!

Post one, please? :)

[Blue_In_AK]

6. I agree.

I think some peace and Zen is just what's needed in the midst of the Hillary/Barack wars.

[Call Me Wesley]

10. Hopefully soon, these Zen moments here again:

[Blue_In_AK]

11. Beautiful!

I love water lilies.

[Call Me Wesley]

12. Some of the leaves have just surfaced,

so I hope the flowers will soon follow. :hi:

[Maddy McCall]

15. How 'bout some photos of those fishies?

[Call Me Wesley]

17. Haven't new ones yet,

since I just had a huge algea bloom after the winter time in the pond. But here's a few oldies, but goodies:







And ... ;)

[Maddy McCall]

19. Beautiful. I wish I could build a pond like yours...

yours is enchanting and whimsical.

I love this string of photos, ending with kitty watching the fish. :D

[Blue_In_AK]

21. Those are wonderful...

absolutely gorgeous. :thumbsup:

[Maddy McCall]

14. Beautiful.

That is a beautiful photo...could see that as a painting...the composition is perfect.

[Javaman]

16. Oh how I miss white birch trees...nt

[BrklynLib at work]

18. Alaska must be like Heaven in the Spring/Summer...

A breath-taking photo...

[Blue_In_AK]

20. It really is,

and, believe me, we really appreciate it after the long winter. Things are just starting to green up a little bit now, tiny leaf buds on the trees, and the perennials are just now sprouting. Spring is running a bit late this year, but it looks like it's finally getting underway in earnest, thank God. That two feet of snow we had April 26th was pretty depressing.

[Rhiannon12866]

22. Here's the side yard, during a snowstorm, just a few weeks ago...

The same tree is in full bloom now, and I'll post the spring pic just as soon as it's out of the camera...:-)