Springtime on the Farm

I love this weather. It's still cool at nights and the first part of the morning, then warms up in the afternoon, but doesn't get so HOT as it does later. Unfortunately, this moderate weather usually doesn't last very long, and we have a very brief bout of spring.

Trees, bushes and flowers are in bloom all over the place! When I walk out our front door, there's a flower bed with a white pulsatilla and several ajuga in bloom, coral bells and iris with buds not quite open, and several other plants greening up but not yet in bloom.

The pond is scummed over with pollen. Our vehicles turn yellow overnight from all the pollen the trees are puffing out.

We have a row of cherry laurels across the front of the yard blooming.

This is the first year the two dogwoods I planted in the front yard have bloomed. I really like the pink variety.
On the north end of the house, the hostas have got a good growth going, the Lenten Rose is still full of blooms, as is the Viburnum bush.

The honeysuckle (Alabama Crimson Red) is also blooming. I saw a hummingbird enjoying some nectar from the honeysuckle blooms just this morning!

When the wind is right, the sweet smell of the viburnum in the front yard and the lilac in the back yard mingle, and oh! What a heavenly aroma!

It won't be long until the roses start blooming, and out in the woods, I've seen trillium, mayapple, trout lily, and all kinds of wild dogwoods in bloom.

It's wonderful to see all this color. Later in the year the flowerbeds are still colorful, but when traveling down the road, it's mostly green that meets the eye, with only a few splashes of color from things like crepe myrtles or butterfly bushes.

I guess I'll enjoy the plethora of colors and moderate temperatures while they last, and try not to think of the heat to come!