The bare bones of my entrance area (before Mother's Day plants)

 

A pair of Eastern Towhees were located under one of the big Azalea bushes...and here's number two hopping over the wall to get under or in another big Azalea bush.

This used to be two distinct bushes, but the crazy pruners lumped them together.

With these two very sad bushes which were scalped for who knows why, my porch doesn't look very welcoming. (Check out last post about getting new plants!)

I will soon be sneezing probably as the bush (Ilex?) shown here starts blooming.

These two apartments are on one deck, and they share the petunias, but have red geraniums on their own areas of entrances.

Today's quote:

 Coming to an understanding

 of karma is the basis for a very straightforward development of the wisdom

 to know whether our actions will lead to happiness and freedom,

 or to further suffering. When we understand this, it allows us to take responsibility

 for past actions with an attitude of compassion, appreciating that a particular act

 may have been unwholesome or harmful, and strongly determining

 not to repeat it. Guilt is a manifestation of condemnation, wisdom an expression

 of sensitivity and forgiveness. . 

~ Joseph Goldstein

from Cause and Effect - Reflecting on the law of karma 

printed in Tricycle