…my beloved “Spring”. It really is my favorite time of the year. While I really do love summer, and the falls here are beautiful, nothing gets me more excited than spring in Nashville. I feel like I am coming alive again with the trees, flowers and grass. It’s the time I miss my convertible. It’s the time I use my outdoor living furniture like everyday. I love everything about it. Children playing. Outdoor sports complexes filled. Greenways and parks bustling. Dog owners frolicking. Streams gurgling. Birds chirping. Bugs taking over. Awesome breezes. Freshly mowed grass smells. Cool thunderstorms. Beautiful sunshine. Anti-brown, color, color and more color. It makes me very happy.

If you do not currently live in Nashville the weather’s great! This week we’ll be in the 70’s for the most part with some 60’s during the day. The lows at night sometimes will be a bit chilly, but sometimes not so much. If you have allergies to cedar and pine pollen, you’ll want to be careful right now in TN. The index is 37 right now, which is quite high.

The Bradford Pears have their white blooms in full with some of the green bursting through. The weeds are starting to grow too, but I don’t care…it’s something green for the moment. And in the spring, green is my favorite color. People are starting to mow their yards for the first time of the season. The grass is getting a bit greener and some of the trees are showing the teeniest green blooms. Several other colors have been recently reintroduced into our color palette in Nashville with flowering bushes, etc. in purples and yellows. I love discovering a new color for the season as we get new blooms. Before long, we’ll have that beautiful lush “Spring” green overwhelming us everywhere we go that’s so rich before it turns to the deep green of summer.

In the spirit, I thought I’d share a few spring photos from Smashing Magazine’s nice collection from different artists: