Spring has sprung in the Ozarks!

 The girls and I went for a really long hike today to see what the woods were up to.........these buds looked like someone had gone through the woods and hung neon green ornaments on the trees

In some parts it felt like I was in a fairy woods..........so ethereal......
(it was an overcast day btw)..........

trees and bushes were beginning to blossom all around..............

the red buds were popping out their pretty pink flowers..........

I got here just in time!

you would never guess that those dead looking branches could come back to life with such glorious color...even on the ground there were teeny tiny little flowers that were so sweet and beautiful.........all that prettiness packed into a flower no bigger than a thumbtack

gorgeous forsythia as we got closer to civilization again..........

and then my own yard where I am reminded there is work to be done but still.....there is nothing like Spring in the Ozarks............
I even found grape hyacinth growing in amongst the grass...(not in this picture)...this is ajuga (sp?)...the purple flowering plant/weed

the sugar maple is "coming out" and the trees are beginning to flower............

I never really liked Spring that much until I moved here.....Spring in the Ozarks is one big beautiful celebration!

We got home just in time as it poured buckets right as we got in the door....someone was looking out for us.  It is starting to storm again now with severe thunderstorm warnings.....another sign that it is "Spring in the Ozarks".
Happy Trails!