Although the weather has been odd for spring has come early, erratic and hurried, and some of the daffodils have not done well this year (overcrowding is the main culprit), we have still enjoyed them in the hundreds.*  That the forsythia, gold; the quince, crimson; the siberian squill; lapis blue, are also all blooming at the same time makes for a spectacular display.  Combine that with the spring green of the young leaves on some of the shrubs, the deep green of the fields, the wash of red in the maples, and the blue sky….not bad, not bad at all.  Soon the apples will be blooming, white and pink, and on the forest edges, the shadblow in clouds of ivory, the redbuds in all their brilliance, will appear.

A good day to spend planting two new pear trees and working on repairing an old, iron garden seat that needs work.

*Literally, at least a hundred have been picked for one thing or another, and easily three times that number are outside.