The time has come once again for the azaleas to be in bloom. Where I live in the larger city of Wilmington, North Carolina, there is an Azalea Festivel. It is in full swing this week coming up. We won't see it as it is also the week we have our timeshare which is in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

When we looked at our house before buying it, it was advertised as a park like setting and it was! Both the front and back yard are full of azalea bushes, pine trees and large older trees(don't know the scientific name for them). My husband fell in love with it right away. I knew that it was the house we were buying.

I can't resist the urge to take photos of the blooms each year. Last year before I landed in the hospital and almost died, we were given many lily plants. We are looking forward to see if they bloom and produce more plants this year.

Taking a new prespective to live, I am trying to enjoy more and worry less (hard to do with children and grandchildren). I have to continually leave them in God's hands on a daily basis. That also gives me the opportunity to thank him for the beauty he has allowed me to have around my home.

Azalea in brilliant reds, pinks and white in every shade you can think of. Today, I keep looking out my kitchen window at the red one that is so brilliant in the sun.