Monday, April 15, 2013

It's a Yellow Explosion

My wonderful tree out front absolutely exploded with color on Friday...

I could tell on Thursday it was ready to pop and when I went outside on Friday there it was it all it's glory.  Well, yesterday we had a crazy storm...we were under tornado watches for hours and a warning for a bit...it rained like crazy, it thundered up a storm all while the sun was shining...go figure.  We had several more showers late into the night and when Howie and I went out this morning it had rained yellow flowers all over the front. 
Oh my word...well, Andy's been gone since Friday, he went up to celebrate his birthday with Camden, she was having her friend birthday party on Saturday and she wanted her Grandy to come.  He had a blast...Friday when he got in, Katie and Peyton went to an appointment so he and his girl played...and I mean played...4 rounds of Hungry, Hungry Hippos...Princess sticker book, she cooked a meal for him in her little kitchen while he sat at the little table, she played the piano and he danced...all of that in a little over an hour.  Then Hampton got home from school and they went for a bike ride...oh dear, he's not used to all that activity...LOL!  Saturday they were at the soccer field at 8:30 for Hampton's game and at 1:30 they were at the park setting up for Camden's party...they got back home a little after 5...I didn't get the full run down on Sunday yet but I'm sure it was another fun filled day...now why did I go through all of that, let me go back and read what I was starting to say...Oh, because Andy was gone and coming home today, after his busy weekend, I went out and cleaned up all of the flowers...half hour and a full trash can later there wasn't a single flower on the ground or in the bushes...I was just out a minute ago and there are about 200 on the ground again....hmmmm, I'm heading upstairs to sew!  Have a fun afternoon everyone, I'm going to finish my enlarged Hat Trick...I'll be back with a picture soon!

13 comments:

Darlene said...

Beautiful yellow flowers on the tree and the ground.

Me thinks Grandy had a fabulous but exhausting week end. LOL

sunny said...

Pretty tree! Most of our trees are white, but I"ve noticed that my car has turned a lovely shade of dusty yellow. Ahhhchoo!

Karen said...

Good that you took a picture pre-storm. We had bunches of rain and wind. The pool overflowed and the lake is full plus more. We needed the rain, so I can't complain.

Gretchen said...

beautiful tree. I thought you were going to talk about pollen which is what is all over everything in Atlanta right now. Hope you have a great sewing day :)

Cheryl said...

That tree is BEAUTIFUL!!!! Sounds like Andy had a wonderful time..I bet he's worn out!

Janet O. said...

Just wait for the wind to blow them away. : )
Now will Andy get a day just to recuperate?

Terry said...

What a beautiful tree! We've had lots of rain and wind lately too, and there's more coming tomorrow.

Melanie said...

Beautiful tree... Those seasons are fighting a change.

Yvette said...

What a beautiful tree. Yellow is my favorite color, I would have left the leaves on the ground as decoration. LOL

Thimbleanna said...

Your tree is beautiful Carol. It sounds like Andy is the perfect Grandy -- what lucky little grandchildren!

Barb said...

that tree is stunning - what is it?
I'm sure we don't have that one around here.
I love the way it glows!

Mary Ann said...

I'm jealous - we had 22" of snow on April 14th in our town! I'm hoping for blooms sometime in May, but it's not going to happen in April for us.

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

Just enjoy it. We don't even have green yet.