My new job is keeping me very busy, but I am enjoying it. As with anything new, there is a lot for me to learn. My walks through the park in the evening are even more important to me now to help me fight stress and unwind at the end of the day. I want to share with you a few pictures from my yard and from the park from this week. The first of my daisies have begun to bloom. From the number of buds on the plants, it looks like I will have an abundance of them very soon. These two shrubs (or maybe one's a shrub and one's a tree? I'm not sure.) are blooming now. The light pink one on the right has been out for quite a while and the blooms are starting to fade. Just as they are fading, the darker pink buds and blooms of the shrub on the left are just opening. This is what the shrubs looked like during the winter. By the time I am home from work and have had dinner with my family, it is often starting to get dark before I head out for a walk. We've had a l...