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).