Small things are sometimes the biggest!

This is one of my favorite blogs http://mycharmingkids.net. I started to follow it just before baby Stellan was born. This family is just amazing, fun-loving, prayerful and down to earth. There is never any complaining, just praise. I really enjoy it. I have learned many little "life" lessons from MckMama. There is a video on her 4-27-09 posting made by Niecy, and the second photo in the video is mine! I made Stellan's name and little hearts representing each member of the MckFamily in the sand at low tide, Mark added a gray heart-shaped rock (he is trained to look for them as well!)to the upper right corner as his contribution. I did this one night last week when we were out walking. I sent my photo into to Stellan's name gallery just for support along with hundreds and hundreds from all over the world. I was shocked when I viewed the video yesterday and there was my Stellan name photo! The video is beautiful. I try not to "whine" too much/too often in my blog and this blog is like a breath of fresh air. After all Stellan has been through, his mother still keeps upbeat and never, ever has complained!

I got my first glimpse of May flowers on April 24th. This is the earliest I have ever seen them. Every year since Ashton could walk, she would bring me a tiny fistful of these flowers. Will she keep her tradition of bringing me flowers this spring?? I also saw my first dandelions of the year.In the photo above are some tiny green fern buds I saw last week. In the photo below, here are what ferns look like now! This was taken today, the 27th.

Today when Buddy and I were walking on the preserve I had to stop and wait for him a few times (chipmunk chase being one reason) so really looked around at the various types of buds appearing. In the spring I am always so anxious to see the flowers bloom and the leaves appear. I found that the buds themselves are very intriguing and pretty as well.

This photo shows a bud and if you look very closely, a little spider web is attached to the bud and branch.

I have no idea what the little bud above is but it caught my eye.

I was amazed by how very fancy some of the buds were.

These bright spots of green amazed me, the buds have pushed their way right through the leaf!I don't know what this bud is but it was so pretty. While Buddy happily dug in the mud beside the trail I snapped some photos. Below is a view looking down upon the flower.

This view shows the dainty inside. I think a lesson I took from today's walk is to slow down, look around and enjoy the little things in life! I try to "learn" something new each day. Guess what I found today in my travels...