Spring is in the air!

I've been meaning to start a "Regular" sort of blog for a while now, but with this being my last semester at uni [back-breaking work load! =(], getting home after 9 pm most days, and having guests over pretty much every weekend, I just couldn't get around to it! Home on a Wednesday [yaaaaay! =D], it is finally time! =D

It's going to take me some time getting used to this, especially since I'm severely technologically challenged. I can't even seem to get the hang of using/installing/creating [or whatever you call what you do with them] templates! =/ I will probably get some of my computer science friends at uni to do it in the end!

With Spring being my absolute favorite time of the year, it is fitting that that is what my first post should be about!

Mum and I had breakfast out on the patio, and she asked me to water the strawberry patch out back. Our teeny weeny plants have been flowering, but there had been no fruit so far. Today, though, there were these thumbnail-sized green strawberries dotting the whole patch! Of course, I rushed in to get my camera:

This is how strawberries look growing in your own backyard! We can't wait for them to ripen!!!

And once I started clicking, there were trillions of beautiful tiny things to focus on!

These creatures make a lot of people squeamish, I know. I find them beautiful –awe inspiring. In my defense, I'll have to tell you about my high school Biology teacher, Mrs. K.

Her eyes would light up when she talked about the intricacies of nature. She would be describing xylem and phloem, and her voice would get soft and reverent as she talked about the magnificence of the Creator of a system so intelligent. She’d get excited about the "skin" of a leaf, the tiny electric pulse that causes our hearts to beat, the way minuscule droplets converge to form a cloud, and how our body responds to changes in temperature. And she would implore us to wonder too, her face a glow, her eyes bright. Every little detail was a miracle.

I haven’t seen a person less cynical, and I have yet to meet a better teacher.

So anyway, back to the original story [and today]. Before I end this post, there are a few more photographs I wanted to share. This is what I found in the wire mesh around our kitchen garden:

Man hasn't invented anything for which God hadn't already created a pattern!

Because I find spider-webs beautiful...

And purple flowers too!

It's been a pretty good day so far! =)