Because I live in an apartment that doesn't get the right light AND the patio area has VERY STRICT restrictions on what can be on the patio... no plants for me .... but I take great joy that through most of the year flowers bloom here ... however in the spring the ice plants start to bloom and you get entire hillsides in the most vibrant purple, pink, white, etc .... it's gorgeous!

Oh yea, and one of the other big reasons skip liked spring .... got to see the sandles and toes of women! ... missing skip still!