The humidity has begun. I will now sweat until sometime next November.
I suppose it's worth the discomfort to enjoy beautiful sights like the blooming wisteria vines that have popped out in the past couple of days.
I turned the air conditioner on Sunday night. This is the first time I can ever remember having the air on this early in the year. I can usually make it until late May or early June.
And I saw a lightning bug last night.
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On 03/22/2011, Ramey said ...
Lightning bug! I always mark the First Lightning Bug night on my calendar, but I didn't see one last night! I'll watch tonight. Usually they'll appear for one or two nights about this time of year, then they don't show up again till closer to summer. I think they're doing "you know what."
On 03/22/2011, crazymema said ...
Oh, my, that is a beautiful tree! But humid already? Yuck! That's the one thing I don't miss about living back East and kills my desire to move back there! I've really enjoying your frequent posts lately!
On 03/22/2011, crazymema said ...
Maybe I should have plant, rather than tree??
On 03/22/2011, Susan Ramey Cleveland said ...
I saw only one. I kept looking and looking and he kept blinking in the same spot.
On 03/22/2011, Susan Ramey Cleveland said ...
Vine, actually. Huge vine.
On 03/22/2011, Diane W said ...
I'm in the Nashville area and I had to turn on my AC friday night. My house was 80.
On 03/22/2011, Jan said ...
Yeah..sure...flaunt your lightning bugs and humid weather! We have rain/snow mix today in Wyoming! Mother Nature's air conditioning, right?!
On 03/22/2011, Linda said ...
Wisteria and lightning bugs --2 of my favorites. But a/c in March??? Wow. We're running about 10 deg lower and a lot wetter than normal for March in N. CA.
On 03/22/2011, Barbara Anne said ...
What a beautiful photo of wisteria! AMIL has two in her front yard that have nothing to climb on so we all wonder why they were planted there in the first place???
I love lightening bugs!
Another torrential rain last night, this time accompanied by lots of lightening and thunder. Spring is here.
Hugs!
On 03/22/2011, Helen in Switzerland said ...
Oh I LOVE wisteria - here it won't bloom for weeks and weeks. I've never managed to keep it alive in my garden - to cold and exposed I guess as we are at about 1200 feet - but I certainly do admire it in everyone else's! Enjoy yours!
On 03/22/2011, Jan Smith said ...
I just love wisteria, and never saw any in person until last spring in England. It is so gorgeous; thanks for the beautiful photo!
On 03/22/2011, Deb P. said ...
Humidity? Wisteria? Air Conditioner? Lightening bugs? UGH!!! I'm still turning purple from the cold and the temps are plunging again! Please enjoy it for me!! Oh, and if you can bottle it and send me some, I'd love it!
Hugs....
On 03/22/2011, Lavender Dreams said ...
How beautiful! We saw a lot of it blooming here in Florida this weekend! Big beautiful lavender clusters! ♥
On 03/22/2011, Ann Marie said ...
Been seeing the Wisteria popping out overnight around these areas in the panhandle of Florida, just gorgeous!!!
On 03/22/2011, Vickie said ...
Those flowers are very pretty. We have the color white still. Just had a six inch snowfall today. Enjoy your color. But, I do agree, the humidity is a killer. When we get it here I cannot move. I sit in front of a fan until it breaks.
On 03/23/2011, Leah said ...
Beautiful Flowers... Glad they are at your house... They are one of the few flowers I'm allergic too!
Wow a/c in March! We still have the heat on... If we are lucky, I can turn it off in May... but sometimes June.
On 03/23/2011, Kathy said ...
The wisteria is beautiful.
On 03/23/2011, Sandra Neel Hutchins said ...
Beautiful wisteria! I have a question for those who live in the "real" south: Does wisteria grow wild there? A few years ago we drove through eastern Kentucky in the springtime and there were purple flowering trees on the mountainsides. (Not redbuds, we have plenty of those in Oklahoma). We didn't get close enough to see if it was wisteria, but it certainly looked like it from a distance. I've had wisteria from the garden shop in my yard and I never dreamed that it could possibly be a wild plant until our trip.
On 03/23/2011, Susan Ramey Cleveland said ...
Wisteria grows all along the highways and through the woods at this time of year around here, Sandy. I'm not sure if it's truly a wild plant or has just spread from having been planted around so many old home places. Hardly anybody grows it here in gardens because it is so bad to spread and take over. The vines get really thick. At my grandmothers old home place, before we sold it, the vines had taken over in many places and were as thick as my leg. It's beautiful stuff, but to grow it in a garden or yard, one needs to be really diligent and keep it under control. But I love it.
On 03/23/2011, Susan Ramey Cleveland said ...
The wisteria in this photo is not in my yard. There's an old home site a few miles down Hwy 119 from where I live where this photo was taken. The wisteria there is profuse and beautiful. Covers everything with its lovely lavender flowers.
On 03/25/2011, Sandra Neel Hutchins said ...
Thanks Susan. We had one that grew all along a back yard fence, although it was beautiful when it bloomed, we had to cut it down because it was so huge.
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