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Spring is definitively here. The sun is shining. It's Sunday and everyone is outside, enjoying the warm sunlight and the blooming nature. ~
U.S. Marine Cpls. Glenn Stadig and Sean O'Donnell, squad leaders with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, provide security for Afghan National Army soldiers of Weapons Tolai, 3rd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, operating a vehicle checkpoint here, March 22, 2012. In addition to advising Afghan forces in the blocks of Marjah, 2nd Bn., 9th Marines conducted partnered counternarcotics missions with the Afghan National Interdiction Unit in the Bari Desert during Operation Psarlay Taba. The partnered force captured around 26,000 pounds of assorted opium products over the course of the four-month operation.
An Afghan National Army soldier with Weapons Tolai, 3rd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, stands his post at a vehicle checkpoint here, March 22, 2012. In addition to advising Afghan forces in the blocks of Marjah, Marines 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment conducted partnered counternarcotics missions with the Afghan National Interdiction Unit in the Bari Desert during Operation Psarlay Taba. The partnered force captured around 26,000 pounds of assorted opium products over the course of the four-month operation.
For Spring Break Jessica and Elizabeth go to Kansas to visit their newly created aunt and uncle (who happens to be mayor). Jessica is pissed (and rightly so) that she has to spend her extremely long Spring Break , 11 fucking days??, in bumfuck Kansas. This book is rancid, if you couldn't tell from the countrified cover. There are horses and hoedowns, square dancing, girls named Annie Sue....gag me.
A break in the weather gave us an opportunity to begin the garden. Here they are sowing the seeds of love. This is one of my favorite parts of spring! You can see more images of the garden here on the blog. www.savoringthesimple.com/2011/05/sowing-seeds-of-love.html
U.S. Marine Cpl. Austin Aliferis, a fire team leader with the Regimental Combat Team 5 Police Advisor Team working in support of 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, applies a bandage to an Afghan child's foot during a clearing operation here March 1, 2012. Aliferis and his team passed out food, water and candy to the group of children before moving to support Afghan police clearing the area of suspected insurgent activity. In addition to advising Afghan forces in the blocks of Marjah, 2nd Bn., 9th Marines conducted partnered counternarcotics missions with the Afghan National Interdiction Unit in the Bari Desert during Operation Psarlay Taba. The partnered force captured around 26,000 pounds of assorted opium products over the course of the four-month operation.
Forgive me, I couldn't help myself. I know that Flickr is currently flooded with approximately 25 million shots of pear blossoms and other blossoming wonders. It really doesn't need my 16 shots added to that, I'm sure, and mine are, overall, probably about of average quality. But I couldn't help myself!
We're finally having some lovely weather. The bigger, older, wiser trees, bred in this climate, are still mostly naked. They know how treacherous Missouri weather can be in April! But the Pear Trees, and the Forsythia and other blossoming things, have sprung into joyous, optimistic bloom, and they're SO lovely and we're SO hungry for them!
Every year, when they bloom, we all hold our collective breath and pray that we don't get a hard frost that will kill them. We came close a night or two but they all seem to have survived beautifully, and we're hoping maybe we're out of danger now.
Anyway, yesterday I went on a walk around the neighborhood with the camera, and here were all these lovely blossoming Pear Trees, Forsythia, etc. So I couldn't help myself, here are my 16 offerings, culled from the insane number of pictures I took. Blame it on SPRING FEVER!!!