One of the most amazing things would have to be the bloom of flowers. One day you wake up and there they are. The trees even burst with buds. One of the most common flowers to NC is the Azalea flowers. It is a bush of colors! There are pink and white and purple and... well there are alot!!!
In Wilmington, where I grew up they even have the Azalea festival. It is quite the event. Southern belles suddenly come back to life. Downtown suddenly burst with people and there is food, events, and games (not to mention azaleas!)
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A Common food found in the south is boiled peanuts. They are soooo tasty! Of course you want fresh ones or they will be sour and then not so pleasant.
We commonly would go out to the beach and fly kites. It was a little to cold to get in the water but that rarely stopped a little kid. Many times there would be a dozen people at the spots we went. Sometimes you would get your kite tangled in another persons.
I also miss front porches. I know they have front porches everywhere, but in the south people come out in and sit. Kids will be playing in the front yard while the parents (or bigger kids) will be sitting on the front porch sipping lemonade rocking lazily in their chairs. Any car or person drives by everyone raises their arm in a friendly hello.
Last, but not least. Fireflies. A magically little bug that only comes out for a few short weeks. I remember running around as a kid holding a mason jar trying my darnest to catch these little buggers. Even if I didn't catch one I was able to run around in little lights among the dark night. It always seemed like something out of a fairy tale to me.
