More Volunteer Dandelions

This shaggy-headed little dandelion managed to push its way up from beneath a thick pile of leaves at the edge of my carport yesterday. I took its picture in the early sunlight that slanted into its hideout this morning.

February Dandelion

The little patches of dandelion are still showing here and there -- near the back walk, in the driveway median, around the mailbox support post. Bright spots in the wintry grass and hardy green clover.

Kwanzan Cherry Blossoms Update

In the time since I photographed the cherry trees along Granny White Pike in bloom on February 2, we have had many nights when the temperatures dropped into the low 20s. And several episodes of heavy rain. Today I was delighted to find that the Kwanzan cherry blossoms survived all that inclement weather and were still lovely to see against the blue sky.

Memory of a Cloudless Sky

Just to remind myself, on yet another gray, overcast day, of what a blue sky looks like:

Early Blooming

The Japanese Kwanzan cherry trees planted along the sidewalk between Granny White Pike and the Lipscomb University campus have begun showing their pink buds and a few open blossoms today. This is the earliest I have ever seen them in bloom. The annual Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival is set for March 24 this year.

Slide Show

To warm your heart in February, Dierk Haasis presents his latest gallery of photographs -- wide-ranging in theme and subject, many taken under the ever-changing skies of Hamburg. See if you can spot the airplane high in the blue, as that image floats by.