The Time of the Honeylocust

     Spring at The Ranch is so powerful.   The deep vibrating hum of bees, the lilacs blooming right around my birthday, April 27th.  My sweet daddy would always bring me a huge bouquet for my birthday...I miss that so much.  Right after the lilacs are finished, the honey locust burst into bloom.
      The honey locust trees surround our Podunk little cabin.   Therefore, when they bloom, it is a spectacular show of sweet white dripping blossoms.   It is such a magical event.
     When I was little,  I would gather all of the bunches of blooms and play for hours.   They were my wedding bouquet, my pixie dust...the duck shaped flowers I would take and place them in the spring; watching them float down stream with glee.
     Thank goodness the honeylocust were there for me this past weekend!  Whew!  With 2.5 acres to mow by push mower, the arduous job was so much more pleasant with the scent of the flowers wafting over me.   Not to mention to work we had to do to put the waterline back...sigh, never a dull moment at The Ranch.
     Now in my ever busy schedule, I make sure to make it a priority to take oodles of time with the lilacs, and even more time with the honeylocust.  They are  there to remind me of the sweetness in life, reminds me to slow down, and smell those flowers.  Nor argument from me, bring them on!