Good Saturday?

I have figured out that my phone does not like taking pictures of purple flowers. I don't know why, but it likes to turn them grey. I hope these turned out okay.

I think if you click on the pictures they will enlarge...

Why is it that poison ivy always grows where blackberries grow?

The plant inside the blue circle is a wild blackberry or dewberry, as they are called here. If you can see the orange circle to the upper left of the blue circle, that is poison ivy. Upper right of the blackberry and the poison ivy is a vine that, near as I can tell, is Virginia Creeper. It, like poison ivy and blackberries, is everywhere. And never blooms.

The apples are blooming, too.

I am losing hope of getting any apples though. Another blog I follow said they have trouble with apples in South Carolina because of humidity. It's too bad because I was really looking forward to growing my own apples. This tree is called Cinnamon Spice, by Stark Brothers.

The back yard before we mowed. I love the wild flowers, but hubby likes a neat mowed yard. I do understand though because we would be taken over if we didn't mow.

The vine with spines is not alone. I found another one in the pasture by a native pecan tree while I was picking blackberries. (A native pecan tree is basically a 'wild' pecan tree. Their pecans are smaller and used to be sought after for pecan oil, but no more.)

The spines (thorns) are clear in this shot.

A Very Blessed Easter to you all! Jesus has risen!