Spring Surprises

Now it is Spring.
The weather is warm. 
There has been some rain.
Did you see the full moon?

Flowers are blooming.

begonia

spiderwort

There were some surprises in the garden this morning:

We planted the top of a pineapple after we ate the sweet fruit. Now a tiny new fruit is growing.

Our lemon tree has started to bloom. The flowers smell so good! Now the blooms are falling off, and tiny lemons are starting to grow.

With warm days and cool nights, baby tomatoes grow after yellow flowers are pollinated by bees.

It's not only plants that are glad it is Spring.  Red-winged Blackbirds are back, nesting in the catttails. Grackles are busy; the males are showing off their beautiful tails. And a Downy Woodpecker is pecking at the hole in the tree near the patio.

Here is part of a poem about sparrows that used to make Mama and Uncle Jeff laugh when they were kids:

 

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On a little piece of wood, Mr. Spikky Sparrow stood; Mrs. Sparrow sate close by, A-making of an insect pie, For her little children five, In the nest and all alive, Singing with a cheerful smile To amuse them all the while,     Twikky wikky wikky wee,     Wikky bikky twikky tee,         Spikky bikky bee!