Spring is definitely here

Spring has sprung.  Last week, we had temperatures in the low 50s with over 2 inches of rain.  This week, it's been in the low 80s.  The natives are restless at school, with testing right around the corner.  


Another harbinger of spring is the return of butterflies and ladybugs.  As I look back over my album for the past month, I can see four different photographs that feature ladybugs.  There's a photo of a ladybug on a post, there's one on an artichoke, there's this one and then there's one I took today of a bug in a flower.


Ladybugs are very cute little critters and pretty easy to photograph.  As long as it's not too windy, they make a decent subject and very few people get tired of looking at ladybugs.