Spring is Here

With spring dawning upon us, there are beautiful flowers popping up hither and thither - including in my back yard.  The bright splashes of colour tempted me into going out with my camera to play at photographer.  I thought I'd share the pics with you here.

Daffodils: These were quite the surprise when we moved in - just an errant patch of them by the fence - but a nice notice that balmy days will be here soon enough.

 

Forsythia:  A flower steeped in folklore. The old wives' tale says that once the forsythia blooms, there are three more snows and then winter is done.  So far, I've counted one snow and two bouts of hail. Does hail count?  The lore also says that the lilacs won't bloom until winter is gone for good.



This is the state of the lilacs right now - a little ways to go yet.



I'll keep counting snow and hail until those pretty purple flowers bloom - see how the lore holds up here.

Happy spring!