4/7/11 The issue of Red Bud Trees

Today Craig and I took a couple of days off work to travel to Springfield, MO for a convention. The convention actually doesn't start till tomorrow so we spent most of today at Silver Dollar City which is like an old time town with some amusement park rides. As we were riding there, it's about a 4 hour drive from Kansas City, I got lost watching the scenery. Not lost as in taking a wrong turn, but lost in my own thoughts, I was not driving at the time by the way. Suddenly I noticed a red bud tree. If you are not familiar with red bud trees they are generally small, some no more than bushes, and they are covered with a bunch of little purpleish pink flowers. And I have found that in the spring when you suddenly notice a red bud tree . . . you will now notice a ton of them. It's like you have to see the first one before your eyes can see all the rest of them. Once you notice them, enjoy and appreciate them because as fast as they came, they are gone. Just like when I drive home from work one day and suddenly notice that they have all bloomed over night, one night when I go home I will realize that they are all gone. It always amazes me that they don't appear and dissapear a little at at time. It is all, then nothing. I love the Red Bud Trees. They are beautiful and they add wonderful little splashes of color along the road for our enjoyment. Nature does that alot. I am going to do my best to take time and enjoy it. (Is this like take time to smell the roses? I think so.)