Things in Bloom

Spring begins in a few days. Most of the trees are still bare, though.

But some flowers in my yard are blooming, so an elderly border collie and I went in search of things in bloom. We found a few.

By the road, the forsythia I planted years ago from just a stick was in full bloom.

Nearby, the peach tree that I planted years ago had some blooms, too, but not as many as previous years. I'd thought the tree was dying, but it's still hanging on.

The crocuses have beeen blooming for a while . . .

. . . and so have the windflowers . . .

. . . and daffodils.

The bridal wreath is blooming, too. I don't know how old it is, but it was here when we moved in twenty yeas ago.

The corkscrew willow isn't a flower, but it's still pretty. I'd bought it at a garden club sale at the farmers market over a decade ago. When I planted it in a low spot beside the kennel, it was only a few feet tall. 

I didn't plant the weeping cherry that grows along the pasture fence. A bird did that several years ago. My next door neighbor has a weeping cherry, so I know where the seed came from.

That's all that old Maggie and I found so far. Likely a lot more things will bloom during the next few weeks.

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