Mysteries and Wonders of Spring…

I took a stroll out back a few weeks back and had to fetch my camera to capture all the beauty springing up…
IMG_1653 This year the deer didn’t get all the blossom tips of my rhododendron!
IMG_1659 All Jim’s little fir transplants are sprouting tender new growth…
IMG_1664 My maple transplant has grown tremendously.  I love seeing the fresh new leaves…
IMG_1667 Dandelions may seem common but there is nothing common about these amazing little puffballs…
IMG_1670 Sping Beauties grew in the woods of NJ where I grew up–always a signal of early spring…
IMG_1679 Hairy curiosities these.  Do you recognize them? They will unfurl to be grand ferns.  Who would have guessed it…
IMG_1684 I don’t know why the grass does this but it does.  Very weird root-like hairs burst out of what look like seed bodies of this saw grass that grows out back…Weird.
IMG_1687 Always something more to be seen on a closer look…
IMG_1690  Willow wands…
IMG_1701 My little ash tree is dressing up.  These will be transformed to red-orange berries come fall.
IMG_1702 I love blue flowers!
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Promise of strawberries to come…
IMG_1716 Chives are everywhere standing sentinel in their purple pomp…

IMG_1722 One day I hope to have lilacs blooming all over the place.  This is my first bush and I love it!
Note: My postings have become erratic at best…This is due in large part to the coming of the sun to our part of the world and the irresistible draw of the out-of-doors in general, and my garden in particular.  It is glorious!  LS