Easter Blessings

Color has returned to the garden after the long, white winter.
We have daffodils blooming - a blessing indeed!

The warmth of the sun during the past 4 days has caused the blooms of spring bulbs to burst open!

We've had glorious summery days since Thursday, April 1st, with temperatures reaching into the low 80's (approx. 27ºC) on Friday and Saturday...warm enough to open doors and windows! Sheer bliss!
It's been a very long time since we've felt air warmed to 80ºF and been able to enjoy working outside with the sunshine on our shoulders.

I've spent some time working in the garden, and oh, those muscles were stiff and sore the first day after being used very little for 5 months! But my back is feeling much better now and I'm quickly adjusting. It feels so good to be out in the fresh air, digging in the dirt!

These beauties were the first to open in the Rose-Clematis Garden.

A few clumps of golden yellow King Alfreds are blooming in the Top Driveway Garden.

And down in the Lilac garden in the front yard Hannah explores as she follows me around.

Scilla Siberica (Siberian Squill) blooms beside the daffodils.

They're tiny but oh, so pretty in their sweet blue bonnets.

Their color goes beautifully with the bright yellow of the daffs.

The snowdrops have lasted remarkably well. Some of the clumps are finishing now but there are more beginning to open in other parts of the garden.

I'm thrilled with the little Chionodoxa (Glory of the Snow) blooms in The Rock Garden down by the road.

Bees have been busy! This one is buried bottoms up in the purple crocuses, which I finally managed to catch open for a photo op on April 1st after waiting a week while they stayed tightly closed to the gloomy weather.