Hey, Sandy!  The Flame Azaleas in your yard are beautiful right now.  I thought I would share them with everybody, to remind us all to look for them all through the woods.  There are so many in our neighborhood, along the roads, in our yards, along the trail.

 

Next time you are out in the woods, be sure to look for them:  Yellow, orange, and red azaleas.  FLAMES!!!

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!

 

The Wisteria is blooming this year, and it is beautiful!!!  Its flowers perfume the air all around our yard.  And it has traveled up our trees to about 40 feet.  

 

I wish I could send you the flowers and their fragrance for your birthday, but this is all we can do for now.  Actually, Wisteria is probably blooming where you are too, so be on the lookout in your travels, and think of me loving YOU!!!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BETSY!!!

 

Remember all those leek flowers last summer?  

 

I saved the seeds, and planted some with these older leeks.  They overwintered fine, and now they are growing.  

 

I love spring, when a walk in the garden always shows me something that makes me smile.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

Photo:  courtesy of Farmers Almanac 

 

Today is Earth Day, April 22, 2022.  The Farmers Almanac has some interesting facts about Earth Day if you're interested.

 

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/what-when-earth-day-quiz-activities 

 

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!

 

Hey, Linda!!!  Check out our Arugula.  Love it!!!

 

HAPPY GARDENER, ME!!!!

 

This is Tere's mom's pink dogwood.  She loved it here in the mountains.  And every year at Easter, we get to think about her when her beautiful tree blooms.  Most people think of Easter lilies today;  we think about dogwoods in bloom and our moms.

 

HAPPY EASTER!!!

 

What a funny name for a trillium, but that's the common name:  Toadshade. 

 

Hope you see some in your travels through shady woods this spring. We are still searching for Jacks.

 

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!

 

Look who is blooming in the park.  White and purple Lilacs.  They are SO pretty, and smell SO sweet.

 

We love them.

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!

 

One of the Crabapple trees at Meeks Park.  They are so pretty right now.  

 

When you are driving down the road in the next week or so, and see a tree this color, it is probably a Crabapple.  I love seeing them.

 

I guess we should plant a couple here on Crabapple Lane, but I like my real apple trees better.  

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!

 

 

 

I know you know this tree when it has leaves, but can you tell me what it is with only flowers to identify it? 

 

Blooming early April, fuzzy yellow flowers.  Any ideas?

 

I'll wait...

 

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It is Sassafras.  Did you know it?  We love seeing it in bloom.  Spring is here!!!

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!