First Day of Spring

"The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created spring." Bernard Williams

Spring is my favorite season in Kentucky. The days are warmer and longer. Flowers begin popping up and burst into bloom. It's a time of new beginnings, and as Bernard Williams suggested, it's a time of hope.

This spring will be different for me. After work I won't be rushing out to watch Scott play tennis. Four years of high school tennis followed by four years of college tennis came to an end in 2015. I will still stop by Asbury University to watch tennis, but I won't be as invested as before.

This spring I hope to get out and work in my flowers more and exercise more. I hope to take a little time to enjoy this wonderful season God has gifted us with.

I hope this spring you have time to enjoy the weather and beauty around us. Happy Spring!

It's beginning to look like Spring in Kentucky

March Madness is over, and tennis season is here. Our grass is green, the trees are beginning to bloom, and I'm so excited.

Hope can be defined as the feeling of expectation and desire for a specific thing to happen.

Spring is the season of hope for me. After our hard winter, this year I'm especially hopeful for warm weather and a chance to be outside and enjoy the wonderful things God has given us. I took my dog for a walk, and these were a few of the signs of Spring I saw.



As we climbed the hill behind us, I heard sweet little voices playing outside. The girls were riding bikes when I reached their house. They were kind enough to pause for a moment and pose by a flowering shrub.

At last we finished our walk. I hope you find time to get outside and enjoy this season of warmth and hope. Happy Spring!

Color of hope

I recently came across an article discussing the meaning of colors.







Certain colors make me think of the beach, but I never considered colors had meanings.

I looked up the color for hope. Most sites I visited listed green as the color of hope. (One site suggested gray which does not make me hopeful.)


If you have visited me at my house, you'll know I'm not afraid of color. Here's a picture of my dining room brainstorming with Rose McCauley, Loretta Gibbons, Jennifer Johnson, and Kim Sawyer.

As I read more I found green is the color for harmony and balance. That's a little out there if you ask me, so I continued to look. After my research here's what I came up with.

In the spring we see green grass coming up. Green leaves pop out on trees and flowers. When I see the green in nature, I'm filled with anticipation of spring and warm weather. I'm filled with HOPE.

Today the grass is brown and yellow, but soon it will begin to turn green. And then I'll head outside to enjoy the beauty of nature and spring sports.

Do you have a favorite color? Does it make you hopeful and happy?

Seed Bombing

Fifty-four degrees and sunny today. As I ran errands I longed for spring. Warm weather and flowers are some of my favorite things.

Have you ever heard of seed bombing? I discovered it's a movement where people make seed balls and then bomb unsightly areas. A seed ball is a combination of water, clay, and a variety of seeds. Don't limit yourself to your own backyard. What about unsightly curbs, forgotten industrial yards or an abandoned house?

Find your target and drop your bomb.

Here are some areas of my yard that I can't wait to bomb.





Let's not limit ourselves to the directions on seed packages. Don't let the nursery do all the work for you. Pick an area and surprise yourself.

Spring is here

When you think of seasons, do you think winter, spring, summer and fall?

Or do you think basketball, baseball, and football? Let's don't forget tennis, swimming, and soccer.




In my family we're getting excited about men's tennis. Specifically Asbury University's Men's Tennis.

The first match of the season will be tomorrow, March 20, the first day of spring.

Spring is my favorite season in Kentucky. It's warmth after a long cold winter, trees bud and flowers begin to bloom.

It's new life. It's hope.

I hope tomorrow is the start of a new and wonderful season for you.

Happy Spring!

Hope

The last two mornings I've heard birds chirping when I've taken the dog out. It seems like it's been a long time since I've heard the birds, but in Kentucky it's been a short mild winter, so far.
I've also got some flowers trying to come up. At first I was worried. It's too soon, what will happen when the cold weather does hit?
I finally decided to enjoy the hope I get from seeing the flowers pop up and hearing the birds sing. I'm not going to allow myself to worry about a possible cold snap. I'm going to hope for an early spring and enjoy every sign of spring I come across.


Romans 8:25
But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.