So I am feeling once again that I may well have 2 blogs for this month. This is what happens when you have nothing to do and basically you can watch leaves unfurl and think that is an exciting day. Although that said we have managed to have quite a lot of excitement in the last two weeks. What with snow and then lovely garden weather and then blah of overcast day today. So the promise is there, such a long drawn out beginning to Spring but I'll be outside in a flash once that sun pops it's head out again.
If I close my eyes you can't see me! This is Bella at the kitchen counter, this is pre over the top stage. Looks all serene and then you turn your back and she's on the counter stalking for imaginary food
But this is what we're talking about, buds on trees
Maples are the best and they push out these green flowers and the whole tree will have this green hue. Lovely
Star Magnolia out and glorious
More budding
Fabulous flower
I think that this is some kind of bulb but of course no idea what
These grow wild all over the place
Isaac and I pass this house often and yes it looks weird. But we sort of like it. On the other side of the roof it has some windows. We have decided that it is an energy efficient house. That or a garage. But it is interesting and we always do hard gorping when passing
More painted stones. Think that this is a thing
I am so pleased I was so on the hunt for magnolias and that I took this one close up
Such a show and it lasted briefly
Violets. They are just perfect
OOH sky
This was a fab sunset
This was all ready to go
This is a sweet house around the corner and it has a horse chestnut outside it and I was waiting for the leaves to show...not ready yet
I have noticed this recently. Quite super
Yellow wild violets
The tulips have arrived
Sunset and maples
They are so flouncy in a small way
Lovely pink clouds
That's the end of the day then
Almost ready for posting
It is so exciting to see all the different leaf colours
It really is lovely and the colours are so bright and it is the chestnut and already just 2 days and the leaves are pushing along
Fuzzy maple
Now you can really see the leaves in miniature
It is amazing that this is the structure, so complicated. But you could just watch them growing!
Lovely magnolia
Lamp post in disguise
Willow greening
Think this is the favorite combo, maple flowers and the red case. They are everywhere here
We have been blessed with blue sky and the buds on this are beautiful. Hard to see, but you do have red, white and blue. Think this is a birch tree
twilight tulips
Moon rising
and great traffic lights
I know you're lookin at me. I won't dignify looking back
So this is the make of a hydrant?
Darling? really
Still got great spidery trees going on
Primroses, are super sweet and remind me of the Isle of Man, really nice to see them here
Radiant tulips
This Forsythia was a real show
and this magnolia
I liked the old fruit and the new leaves, they sort of glow with newness
We have lots of little libraries in the neighborhood. Most people have closed them recently, so I was surprised to see this still open
That is splendid flowers and fuzz going on
Sort of catkins
Hello daffs, bright orange there
and white ones? who knew
This is very very fancy daffodil
dusk again and the street is quiet
some mad washing going on here
Another kind of tulip
Honestly glad this flowered when it did
Nice yellow and blue
The horse chestnut is getting ready
the leaves as big as your face when they are done
adorable
One sleeping (Bella) and (Archi) one not quite
was tremendously excited at finding cherry blossom. Only one tree so far in the streets around that I spied. Might of had a little happy dance in the street, just sayin
Funny flat petaled tulip
I recon that's blossom
The leaves are like hands
wow, now that is a show of cherry blossom
mad primroses
Everything is greening
Feeling springy
More blossom
and the tiniest pine cones and they are red!
what is that!!!! Yes it was snow and we thought we had got off lightly
Isaac won't pull the face
But yes it is now white
Tulips lie down
agh
and yes that's the noise that goes with this picture
All day it came in, in wave after wave and squally
It was amazing, you couldn't see the top of the road
Then evening and calm and it has all gone
Spoke to flipping soon
back and more this time
It was amazing
These tulips are doing a grand job
it does feel, like winter
It was so weird and just when the buds are coming
ah poor maple
Sturdy tulips are still there
white out over the gardens
But by evening it was gone !!!!
Rather like a fever dream
Tulips a bit raged about the edges
But you wouldn't know anything had occurred
I fully appreciate tulips and so pleased they made it through the snow
Louie and I saw this on an electric box, sort of graffiti cartoon sticker situation. Does this mean the lights will be switched off?
Time to hang in the cocoon and hope the snow doesn't come back (we hung this yesterday. Lots and lots of fun)
This is service berry tree and I think it so lovely. This one had flowers and berries all year. The leaves also change colour and so it is a favorite. I've never really looked at it so closely. Even in the beginning of leaving it is very pretty
For now that's it.......
