Spring has Arrived

Spring is finally here in Lubbock! Usually when spring comes we think of beautiful flowers and green grass, but in Lubbock you know it is spring because the wind blows all of the time and there is a nice fine layer of dust everywhere. The grass is not green yet unless you are fortunate enough to have fescue, but the weeds are green and growing quite well. It was a beautiful day yesterday, other than the wind, so we decided to plant some flowers. I was amazed at all of the people at the nursery. I guess I don't usually go on Saturday to buy my flowers. We got a lot of the flowers planted, but I still need to plant the tomatoes and peppers we bought. Emily and her friend Landon knew Spring had come because they caught their first horny toads of the season. They were very excited because it had been a few years since they had caught ones that were so big. They only keep them long enough to show to everyone and take their picture, then they release them again.