Spring Awakening with Flowers, Trees, and Birds

We were very pleased with this year's display by two of our oldest azaleas. These two by our driveway were in place when we moved into the house in 1968. Last year we had trimmed dead limbs and fertilized, so they were saying "thank you".

The budding of the trees, particularly some of the oaks in our back yard, was a bit later than usual. We had some cold weather at the first of April, so perhaps that was the reason. But this view of our tall trees leafing out agains the blue sky was inspiring.

In just three days, there was a noticeable increase in the greening of the back yard trees. The Japanese maple in the front yard adds welcome color.

We got a few spiderwort plants from Aunt Dorothy several years from her old house. She warned that they tended to spread, and she was right, but so far they have been an attractive addition to our back yard at the base of two of the big oak trees.

In our crowded flower bed close to the road in the front yard, the iris have the advantage of blooming first.