Around the yard

I am always happy when the magnolias start blooming.  We have a very large tree in our front yard, and when in full bloom, it smells simply delicious. 

This morning on our walk, we also smelled our neighbors gardenias and jasmine blooming.  So many of our northern friends are so far from smelling anything right now, I thought I would share to let them know that spring will arrive...sometime soon. 

I also found this photos on the camera taken about one month ago.  Our beautiful family of sandhill cranes often visit in the backyard.  The babies now are the size of the parents and it has been fun watching them learn from the parents such habits as preening and even flight lessons.  We have a family every year and they are very tame.  Golfers need to quite often wait for them to move before they can continue.

Our golf course and sandhill cranes

I have never seen a golf course that wasn't beautiful. They are designed by golfers and the details they put into the planning are sometimes amazing.
Quite often on a Sunday afternoon, the Trout and I golf with our friends Jerry and Linda. Here you see Linda standing by the carts watching the men tee off. We have a good time enjoying the sunshine and fresh air while having a lot of fun.
There are a lots of palms and oaks covered with Spanish moss to the left of this fairway. It makes it very difficult if the ball goes to the far left on this hole. You never know if you might encounter an alligator sleeping in the woods.
I usually talk about the sandhill cranes in our neighborhood. For the last 3 years, we have only see one baby each spring with mom and dad. What a surprise to see twins this year.
And you have to admit, even though they look a little gangley they are so darn cute. Here the baby is waiting while mom pulls a bug out of the ground.