Clematis!

It only lasts a couple weeks, but it's worth it.  My clematis was beautiful this year.  This is what greets everyone coming to my house:

And this is what greets me when I leave each day:

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blooming Beautiful!

Boise is blooming!  I want to sing praises and give thanks every day as I drive around town. All of the trees are BEAUTIFUL!  The flowering pear are my favorite and you can't beat a drive down Harrison Blvd. (How do you spell that?), but here are a few more favorites:

• Timberline High School parking lot (all pink and white)
• McDonald's on Vista and Kootenai (thick, heavy, dark pink branches)
• Apartments on Boise Avenue right after Leadville (same as above)
• The Bunn's house on the corner of Constitution and the cul de sac (flowering pear)
• Lake Forest Drive by the soccer fields (mixture of pink blossoms and evergreens)

I wish I had pictures of them all.  I did take this pic of the tree right outside my classroom window.  I get to look at it all day.