Spring flowers

A Beautiful Spring Day

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Forget-me-nots
Wild Strawberry
Tulips
Yellow Tulips
Anemone
Bethlehem Lungwort

We’ve had lovey weather this past week – warmish, sunny, mild breeze.

The gardens are changing daily. Flowers are showing up everywhere. Clumps of Forget-me-nots and Wild Strawberry in the lawn of Basira’s apartment building caught my eye when I arrived on Monday. Marlene’s garden was in full first bloom – Tulips, anemone, Lungwort were peeking out from beneath the Day Lily which won’t show for another month.

Sunny or not, there’s something new to see every day. Right now, each new plant/flower warrants a pause – it’s been drab for so long. Another couple of weeks we’ll hardly notice the new blooms that appear; they’ll be taken for granted. Too bad.

Flowers In Bloom

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Bradford Pear In Bloom

The street leading from my apartment building has a line of Bradford Pear trees. Last week they were just starting to bloom. I love seeing the flowers come out. They’re strong and showy and the trees become a mass of white.

Orchid Cactus
Orchid Cactus

Then my friend Marlene had two orchid cacti blooming in her greenhouse – the flowers are gorgeous. However, fully open, they last but a day. These two obviously bloom during the day. She has a white one that blooms at night – it’s a special trip to see the open flower.

I haven’t taken many photos this spring. Not sure why that is. We’ve had some lovely sunny warm days but I haven’t been motivated to wander with my camera the way I was last spring.

Here are a few I’ve taken:

Forsythia
Kerria japonica
Blue Flag Iris
Amelanchier ovalis – Serviceberry

I need to pull out my camera more! Pay more attention to what’s around me.