We had an enormous snowball bush in the corner of the yard where I grew up.

Every year when the bush was in full bloom, it displayed fluffy clusters of soft white flowers.

So I was pleasantly surprised the first Spring after we bought the house we live in,

when the enormous bush in the corner of the yard sprouted clusters of soft white snowballs!

Pompeii & Snowball Bush, June 2011

Years ago, the snowball bush was so badly overgrown

that the previous owners pulled it out of the ground, roots and all.

But it grew back.

So I guess it was just meant to be here. 

Aaah, my favorite kind of snowball...the blooming kind.