frosty mornings are becoming the norm...

the bird bath has ended up frozen more than once in the last week...

a hungry little friend....

Mardis Gras Parade Daylily...

today's offering of Bonanza....

Chorus Line after a rainy night!

a rather happy boy in the garden...better than any gnome!!!

VERY crowded front bed...

first blooms this year for Bonanza Daylily...last week I think

up close and personal...

rather tattered Mini Pearl Daylily after one of our fierce rainstorms...

Daylily buds...

Finally a sign of Pardon Me daylily...hoping that it will bloom this year.

a bursting peony bud...

a rather wet and bedragled corner of the garden by the shed...

Clematis on the arbour entering the backyard. This is the first year that the vine has been full. Such a treat!

Husker Red Penstamen...

Delphinium

Lamb's Ear...

Black Eyed Susan...

As you can see, everything is wet after another couple days of rain.

Globe flower...

can't remember the name of this one, but it grows up from a mound of large leaves, and my Gram had it all over her gardens...

Bristol Ruby wegeila...

anemone from the old farmhouse...

Honeysuckle vine slowly making it's way along the front porch...

sweet william...the only plant I have left

a lone poppy in the front garden...

cranesbill of some variety...

Honeysuckle bush blooms...

rather gangly honeysuckle bush...I'll prune it once the blooms are finished.

have no idea, but it is from my friend and it spreads like crazy!!!

Solomon's Seal...

one of the last crabapple blossoms...

spiderwort...

centaurea...

cranesbill...

Bearded Iris after the rain...

shocking pink azalea...

columbine...

forget me nots from the farmhouse in the valley....they came by mistake with other plants, and are now everywhere in one end of my garden!

Peony leaves, even though it got trampled!!!!

a wee chap testing the water temp....the shot is blurry as I rushed to take it through the glass on a foggy afternoon...

I get sooo excited when this purple finch and his mate come for a meal...

fringed bleeding heart...

a violet from my friend Judy in the valley...I do so miss our perrenial exchanges!!!

Columbine ready to do it's thing...

Just a random garden offering....I love the colours.

Grape hyacinth...the wee patches of them get bigger every year!

Crabapple tree blossoms about ready to burst!!!!

Clematis bud on the arbour...since the roses have not done so well, I am planning on removing them and planting some other clematis' so the different colours can intermingle...

The American Goldfinch are back, and it seems that we have a few couples. So nice to see them in their vibrancy!

The gardens are coming alive in plant and creature and it does my heart good to open the windows and hear the sweet songs of my friends. Looking out and seeing colour all around me, even if most of it is green, cheers me deep within. I am so looking forward to all of the days ahead when I can just revel in the glory of it all!!!

fringed bleeding heart amonst some ribbon grass....

lungwort in the pink stage...

and some lungwort in the bluse stage...this has got to be one of my favorite early spring offerings...

ladie's mantle happily holding onto the rain...

anemone....
violets....
solomon's seal with a bit more anemone...
bleeding heart and a raindrop...
the pics are in sideways as I had to retrieve them from somewhere on the computer...I don't have time to straighten them...I guess you could say that I am feeling rather lazy...

raindrops on columbine.....

pretty little crocuses greeting the morning sunshine....

daylilies....

puny peonies...

Irises making their way into the sunshine...

Tulips peeking out to see if it's time yet....

Poor chap doesn't realize that it is supposed to get so much colder this afternoon...

One of many climbing hydrangea buds....oh this does my heart good!!!!