White Lilacs and Cardinals

There are white lilac bushes (so huge, they're trees) all over our subdivision. Walking outside at this time of the year when they're all in bloom is just heavenly.... such a mild, intoxicating aroma that you feel as if you're walking wide awake in a dream.

Because of the unusually cold weather that we had over the "winter" months, there are more blooms than ever on all the lilac bushes. And because the blooms came out a little later than usual, the thousands of gardening services hadn't trimmed the bushes before they bloomed, which is what usually happens. The result-- zillions of blooms along every street. We have white lilacs along one side of our house, and my sitting room overlooks our lilac-lined path. The blooms are snow-white, gloriously big, and deliciously aromatic. And best of all, our gardeners haven't yet touched them with their clippers.

As for the Cardinals..... they continue to nest and feed in our yard, and the female is constantly on our windowsill, looking at her reflection in the glass. Mama Cardinal has also discovered the side-view mirrors on my husband's car... she can perch on the very edge of those mirrors and see her gorgeous self. The result of that-- the doors of my husband's car are beginning to look like Jackson Pollack paintings as the streaks of white cardinal poop decorate the red "canvas" of his car.