A Color To Brighten The Mood

 With winter temperatures returning to our area over the past few days and nights, the daffodils in the yard are coming to the end of their season.  I had cut a few and placed them in a vase, and to be honest... they faired qiute well indoors!

BUT

it was time to let them go today as their heads drooped with a last gasp.

So I went to the yard and cut a few more, since it won't be long and they will give it up also.

You can see that these don't look quite as crisp as they should, due to winter temperatures having returned to our area.

They've done their job for the year and put a broad smile on my face with each glance I have taken from my office window.

 There is absolutely no better color in the yard or in the home to bring a person's mood from bland to grand.

 It's why I chose to paint my office walls the lightest yellow I could.

Not a day goes by that I regret that decision.

Hope you are having a perfect Sunday!

One Perk Of Living Here

 Another round of cold temperatures will be striking again tonight, so for dinner we picked the lettuce that is growing in the bowl on the deck and then moved the bowl into the covered porch.

 This afternoon we spent time in the warmth of the sunshine on the front porch.  It was 75 degrees and to be honest.... we got hot!  The pups lolled around in the green grass of the front yard,

 and the daffodils were in full bloom.

 Well, who can resist cutting a few and bringing some of that yellow sunshine indoors for heaven sakes.

 Although the ones left outside will do fine in the cold temperatures tonight, or I would have cut more, 

they will however look a wee bit limp tomorrow.  Such hardy blooms they are!

 When we lived in the city in the southwestern U.S., I didn't have flowers that I could bring indoors to enjoy... we had three rose bushes, but they always struggled to look healthy.

One of the perks of living in Virginia.....

flowers for the soul in springtime.