Arriving too soon

The difference a day makes. Hopefully the snow will melt again and let the flowers and birds enjoy the spring.



Poor guy!

Signs of spring

New buds showing on the corkscrew hazel, taken yesterday.



Snow is melting too.

Branches

Impatiently waiting for the switchover.

New leaves

Finally!



Beautiful, soft, new leaves.



Green.

Yellow.

Peach.



Still some brown, but just the right amount.



:D

Randoms from a quick visit to the Ornamental Gardens

Monday. First visit of the season to see what's new, what's growing at the moment. Disappointed to see the Japanese Maple is gone from the fountain area. The tulips have just come up -- quite a few have opened, but it looks like most will open within the next few days. The blossoms on the trees have just started -- only a few buds here and there. Some of the lilacs have budded as well. On the whole though, things are just getting started. It's nice to see all the green!

Colour all around: Photos taken over the weekend

Above - Bright yellow leaves appearing on the tree-tops, against a pretty blue sky.



In the middle - Flaming spiraea japonica, with its new red, pink and orange leaves against the grey dead wood.



Below - Soft and delicate greens of the sweet woodruff spreading all over the ground.

Finally!

It wasn't looking too good at the beginning of the week - last Monday we awoke to a nasty surprise.

I took a few iPhone shots to document the wretched occasion.



The poor critters.

It was a minor setback though, and mostly melted by that afternoon.

Thankfully.

But, here's the sure sign that spring has really, truly arrived - babies!



An advisory note - I'm fiddling with the blog layout, so please excuse the inevitable mess-ups that will occur.

Overnight the world turned to colour

It seems like forever during the long, grey winter spent waiting for the return of new growth and then all of a sudden it's here and it's hard to keep up with it (both gardening and photographically).



I still have many new growth / Spring photos to sort through (all the new leaves and flowering trees and first flowers of May).



But in the meantime ... Mother Nature hasn't slowed down. Things are growing and changing, and every day something new has emerged in the garden. It looks like summer now!

The greens are soft this time of year

Delicate.

Randoms taken during the month of April

It was a wet month.