Flowers and Sun

Amazing how the spring flowers lift the heart. Not to mention a day of sun after several days of rain. My tulips are doing really well this year. Whether it is the string of lights on that terrific invention, the photocell timer, or the new neighbors' new dog, the deer haven't eaten them. I try to get out and appreciate them every day...just in case. Something has nibbled off all of my forsythia, though. Probably rabbits, the cuts are awfully clean. My other neighbor needs to get a bigger cat. Clearly the two little ones are not scaring the garden-destroyers off.

Other bulbs are still popping, too. And here is a shot of one of my hazelnuts among the hyacinths. Really, it is hiding there behind the whirling butterflies plant (yet to leaf out).

April Showers

I snapped this pic of my beautiful daffodils out front before last weekend's chill. They still looked this good today. Tonight, it is thunderstorming, so we'll see what they look like tomorrow! Took these of the tulips just starting to open, hyacinths looking full, and bleeding hearts just opening this evening, before the rain started, but with the lightning flashing all around me. The two dots of light in the background of the bleeding hearts are the eyes of my new neighbors' new dog. She likes me :)