Window Shopping for Spring
1. The first sign of spring we saw on our south bound road trip was in Statesville, North Carolina, when we had to detour off Interstate 77 for an accident and drove by a house with a front yard full of purple crocuses.
2. We were driving slow enough at that point that I rolled the truck window down and snapped a picture of it and the fountain in the middle of the lake next to it.
3. By the time I spotted the next sign, a first-sighting of a pink house, I had become aware that the truck windows were down and I wasn’t cold, a big change from the frigid temperatures we left behind in the Virginia Mountains.
4. The sky looked like a gallery of hanging clouds, or a school of great whites in a sea of watercolor blue. The black truck in front of us had a license plate that read “Summer,” as if it was a guarantee that by tomorrow the weather would be even warmer.
Comments
window shopping for spring
that title is absolute GENIUS! if you had written nothing else i would have been satisfied. thank you!
Posted by: chris | February 9, 2007 11:04 AM
the groundhog DID predict an early spring...let's hope he's correct! have fun on your trip to the ocean!
Posted by: bluemountainmama | February 9, 2007 2:08 PM
Lovely on-the-road photos! And who doesn't smile at a pink house? Purple flowers are my favorite, crocuses are a wonderful first sign of spring.
Safe travels.
Posted by: Karen | February 9, 2007 2:59 PM
Wow, flowers. I'm jealous! Stuck here with all this snow covering the ground.
Enjoy your trip!
Posted by: CountryDew | February 9, 2007 4:01 PM
From up here in snowy cold Camada, that looks like a breath of fresh air! Enjoy!
Posted by: ruth | February 9, 2007 7:01 PM
Love the purple. Reminds me of our Jacaranda trees that bloom March/April. And I mean purple... not magenta, not fuchia, not lavender. Canopies of purple...til they fall to the ground.
~S :)
Posted by: Shephard | February 9, 2007 8:55 PM
I hope the weather is as Springlike as it can be! Have fun!
Posted by: Delane | February 9, 2007 9:06 PM
Just noticed this week even with the lengthy cold snap we have had here in Arkansas that the 'Daffodils' scattered throughout the neighborhood are about six or seven inches high now but no blooms as of yet.
Posted by: Alan G | February 10, 2007 7:40 AM
lovely LOVELY photos! I love hints of Spring, and then Spring actually:)
Posted by: Rebekah | February 10, 2007 9:27 AM
Crocuses?! wow. And water that moves outdoors. It's a far and better place you're in.
Posted by: Pearl | February 10, 2007 10:46 AM
And how far south are you planning on going? There is another blast from the north pole on its way down!
Posted by: srp | February 10, 2007 10:49 AM
It must be such a joy to be driving into the warm weather and the visions of spring growth.
Beautiful pictures, Colleen...I hope you have a WONDERFUL time!
Posted by: OldOldLady Of The Hills | February 10, 2007 1:15 PM
Wonderful pictures Colleen and I will keep my eyes open for the same...I am heading to Florida in 3 weeks.
Have a wonderful time and keep the pictures coming.
Posted by: ginnie | February 10, 2007 6:46 PM
Lovely photo's of the road side scenery have a great holiday
Posted by: Jeanette | February 11, 2007 1:38 AM
Love the pictures, hope you are having a wonderful time!
Posted by: Deana | February 11, 2007 9:52 PM