Spring's Wonderful Bounty

Today, we will continue with some more photos

of

my spring garden's flowers....

We were very lucky when we built on this property.

There were two areas full of Vinca Minor vines that faithfully put out their violet/blue flowers

every year:

Red tulips enjoying the spring sun:

Double pink tulips and primrose after the rain:

Our property has HUGE boulders on it.

When we built your house, I had a bulldozer push them into some areas, forming a

semi-circle and then I put gardens into them...they make nice "backdrops" for

the blooming flowers.

A grouping of pink tulips:

I love buying a bag of "mixed tulips" and planting them in the fall.....

and

then waiting to see what colors come up in the spring.

One of my favorites is this two-toned yellow/red one:

Close-up of a Vinca Minor:

Our first tree to blossom is this plum tree.  We never get plums, but the birds LOVE this tree:

Yellow primrose!:

Tulip Drama

after the rain:

Nature doesn't fool around when it comes to beauty.....

More Garden Blooms...

My garden in the spring has over 300 tulips blooming...

It used to have over 500 tulips, but our cold winters have taken their toll on them

and

the chipmunks ate some bulbs too. (Sigh)

But, the ones that are left, along with some other spring flowers

always

excite me and make me so happy.

These are primrose:

Pink double tulips against a background of red/gold primrose:

I love looking wayyyyy inside tulips.  These had white trimmed in purple inside them:

The double tulips this year were huge...they reminded me more of Peonies:

Nothing cheers me up more on a sunny spring day than a group of red tulips:

And this year, my orange with yellow bi-color tulips did well:

They reminded me of poppies with their black centers:

Stay tuned...there will be more photos of my garden flowers.....I had to capture them with my lens before they all disappeared into summer!

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Blooms and one bird....

I just love watching all our Spring/Summer birds

that don't stay here year-round.

Especially the colorful ones.

Like this little goldfinch:

And of course,with Spring

comes spring flowers!

My primrose did especially well this year:

And the tulips were wonderful too!:

And the combination of primrose and tulips definitely sing SPRING!:

Lovely, romantic forget-me-nots:

Raindrops on tulip petals, oh MY!:

Yellow primrose:

Now, these tulips have all been through their life cycle and are only memories;

That is the only thing I don't like about Spring.

It is over before you know it!

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This and That from the U.P. in Spring.....

Today, I am posting some more U.P. Spring pictures.

Because we spent the last two weeks of April

and

the first week of May in Florida,

by the time we got back to the U.P.

we had missed a lot of the wildflowers.

It just happened to be a "warmer than usual" spring

in the U.P. this year, which is rare.

But, we did find some wildflowers out in the deep woods:

These are Marsh Marigolds, otherwise known as "cowslips".

These are called: "Spring Beauties":

And, I was afraid I would have missed some of my garden spring flowers, but we did return in time to still catch about a week left of my tulips and other spring plants.

I collect the old watering cans.

The rustier, the better:

I love the character of the old watering cans.

Just think of the nuturing water they supplied the many, many plants over the years...

A tiny yellow "trout lily". I love the delicate shape of their flowers:

Some of my garden tulips:

I have over 500 in my yard now:

This was found deep in the woods...some kind of violet:

Another Trout Lily. They are very tiny, this is a macro of one:

I was so happy

that I hadn't missed all of the U.P. spring wildflowers

or my garden tulips

when we were away.

And now....it's  hard to believe they are all gone

and we are getting full-swing into summer!

I say....

Bring it on!!!