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!!!!