Signs of Spring ~ a picture post

I wanted to show Spring arriving in Southern California...especially for anyone who might be challenged, in one way or another, in seeing the miracles unfolding around them every day at this time. So, without further ado...

~The first new leaves on a tree~

~Tender tendrils of ivy~

~Lovely delicate flowers~

~Brilliantly green clover~

~Pretty pink blossoms~

~Loquats ripening on the tree...they will be the very first harvest!~

~A spray of playful purple blooms~

~Mmmm, jasmine! I could bury my nose in this... ;-) ~

~Bird of Paradise flower...totally appropriate to where I live.~

May these pictures of Spring help thaw you out of your Winter... :-)