My Yard -- Take a Look

My little helpers helped me plant these pots for the front porch and the front of the house:

The two ornimental ponds:

Most of my azaleas were ruined by all the rain:

Other blooms:

Our Yard -- More Blooms

I think this is called bridals wreath, that is what my grandmother called it:)

I had to include my beautiful red maple......

I caught this little bird on the bench at the pond.  He looks so cute --he looks so innocent ...........he's not.  He left a little "present" behind.

This is our hawthorn tree- a picture doesn't do it justice.

and................My wisteria bush.  First it was my grandmother's, then my mother's, now it is mine.  It is not only beautiful, but it means so much to me.  Sweet memories.

Well that's it for this week -- Next week the azaleas should be blooming:)

Our Yard -- New Blooms

This is one of the islands in our yard.  The forsythia is finished blooming, but the lilacs and dogwood are just opening up.

Beautiful Tulips

My gorgeous Redbud tree. (another gift from my son, Glenn)

This is a lovely little bunch of violets that "volunteered" to be in my garden.

Some blooming Periwinkle.

I'm not sure what this bush is but it gets vibrant red flowers in the spring. 

Well that's it for now -- I love my yard:)  If you post pictures of your yard, let me know.  I'd like to visit.

Signs of Spring-- Yardwork Ahead!!

Guess what??  We actually have some spring in our neck of the woods!!  We always get a flock of flickers in our yard each Spring  and it made me smile when I looked and our visitors had arrived. See this handsome fellow:

Our fish in our tiny pond are swimming in the sun.

Here are the first flowers to show up--


Forsythia:

Daffodils:

My mother gave me these bulbs about six years before she passed away.  They never bloomed.  I thought that the hungry little chipmunks ate them.  The year she died there was one beautiful bloom.  Of course I took this to mean my mother was watching out for us from heaven.  Now ten years later there are many many blooms.  Thanks Mom:)

These are actually tiny, tiny, daffodils.

Hyacinth:

Many of my flowers, bushes and trees in the yard came in the form of gifts from my son Glenn.  When my younger son was still in school the joke was Glenn bought the plants, Josh planted them.  Josh still comes home in the summer and says "Mom do you need me to dig any holes in the yard?"   I usually do:)

After the horribly snowy winter look at all the sticks that need to be picked up before I start mowing.  This will take days to do.  Hopefully I'll get some help.

And of course there are always nice spring puddles to contend with.  I'm not complaining though, you have to take the good with the bad.  I'll be posting other posts about my yard this summer.  I hope I don't bore you--but I LOVE my yard.