Prairie Rose, I have one other antler, so I guess I am starting a collection? LOL I'm not very artistic, so I will just be keeping them in their natural state. :) Marcia, here is a weird looking bird I saw at the San Diego Zoo a few years ago. I have forgotten the poor bird's name. It looks like something out of the Flintstones!!

Our pink trumpet tree (Tabebuia) is putting on its spring show now. The related yellow is, too, but because they don't play well together color-wise, they are kept separated by a house. :) [The photo below was only cropped, not enhanced, or otherwise 'shopped in any way--those vibrant colors were the real deal!]

From the "Blessing of the Hounds" back in November The minister reading the benediction: and the Hounds not particularly caring: