Spring Woods and Garden

Today,

I have some photos of a trip in the woods in early June

along with some of my spring garden shots.

A beaver house in a pond:

Trilliums and forget-me-nots:

Purple violets:

Primrose beside my old watering can.

(I pick the old cans at rummage sales, I have five or six. It's an addiction, I tell ya'!:

More trilliums and forget-me-nots:

A turtle sunning himself in the spring sun.

Do you see him?:

Wild violets:

Primrose and a dandelion:

Marsh Marigolds (cowslips):

A hairy fiddlehead!:

I know it is sweltering summer where most of you live...

so it is refreshing for us to review the spring that was.

Have a great day!!

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Springtime at home in the U.P.! : A Series of Signs: Part ONE

When you live in the U.P. (upper peninsula) of Michigan...

way north, directly across Lake Superior from Canada...

you have long, long, cold winters with tons of snow.

So,

when Spring arrives

it is a true celebration!

I look forward to every single sign

that the glorious season

has indeed, arrived.

So, I will be posting some of the

"Thank GOD, Spring has really, finally and absolutely arrived!"

photos of the things I am glad to see every spring here.

Some Primrose in my garden:

Double tulips and more primrose in my gardens:

Yes, I am even happy when I see the dandelions come up:

Double tulip:

Daffodils...the first flower that usually blooms in my garden (but next year I think I will plant crocuses too!):

Cherry blossoms! (The always come before my apple blossoms, which are just starting to peek out now):

The back of a gorgeous purple finch!:

His beak is all messy from seed...he's hungry! After all, he had to fly all the way this far north!!:

Stay tuned for more "Springtime at home in the U.P." photos...

in between

our trip to Florida pictures...

I'm SURE you will be able to tell the two series apart...

(Hint: Just think: HOT versus un-thawing). 

But, that's what makes the world go round, right??

I love both places!!
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