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Saturday 3/27/2010 Daffodils and a REALLY BIG Cup of Tea



I absolutely Love the last Saturday of the month!
For the past few years the last Saturday of the month equates to an 8am Coffee House rendezvous with my good friends! A few hours with them and it's like I have had my worn down batteries replaced/recharged. Dynamic people are good "food for the soul"!

Back on "the ranch" we needed a change of pace... so we hopped on our bikes, I grabbed the camera and we went for a ride in the cool spring air.
We ventured to an abandon farm where the house and barn had been burned/torn down.
A rich unknown history filled the air around us as we explored the scene. Nature had cycled back in as the primary occupant of the property... large old trees lined the sides of a long lane, daffodils smiled like miniature faces of sunshine everywhere, and a magnificent magnolia took center stage covered from top to bottom with large pink tulips!
Before leaving, we gathered a decent sized bouquet of floral-sunshine... which I have since placed on our home mantle...perfect.

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