Vinca Vine Flowers

A few years ago I planted some form of Vinca vine that keeps coming back every year. At this point of the season it usually puts out this purplish flower. Pretty. Also, we're up to 14 and a 1/2 hours of daylight.

Appearance of Primroses

Pick Up Sticks

Did some yard work yesterday. I'm so much farther behind where I was at this time last year. It's been wet and so much more cold that the idea of working outside hasn't been appealing. Yesterday afternoon was quite lovely. The pile of sticks you see in the photograph is about half as high as when I started. It felt good to get a little bit done. You can see the rhubarb getting started...

Silver Maple

The leaves on the silver maple in our front yard are really trying. The warm weather today is helping to move them along.

Pretty Flowers

Snapped this photo of some neighbor's flowers on a walk with Sophie yesterday. I consider them a sign of hope that we will see spring.... someday.

Snow On May 1

Saw a few snowflakes falling here and there yesterday. No accumulation but still, snowflakes in May? Really? It's not that I haven't seen this before. It's rather rare but it does happen.

Daffodils

My friend Noel and I stopped by local garden store Bach-

man's yesterday. It's been a few weeks since I've been there and it is encouraging to see that they're putting out more flowers and yard/gardening supplies. I took this photo of daffodils there. We got to about 55 degrees and eventually got some sun by afternoon. Lots of rain in the morning and early afternoon.