On Facebook this morning, my friend Patrick posted this picture of his rose plant (actually his father planted it many years ago).   I love the way the shadows play on this, and enlarged you can see the dew on the leaves.   It almost looks "posterized"....    I can see it in a quilt with varying shades of pinks and sheer fabrics.   Just beautiful!!!

Spring Flowers + perfect weather = no quilting!

This has been the most perfect weather - warm, sunny days, blue skies, cool nights, everything is starting to come up green!   The spring flowers are everywhere.   We are in for a change of weather, but this weather has made me SO happy!!!!  I sleep well every night because I work so hard in the gardens all day (I'm afraid to come in and sit down because I know this can't last and there is much to do)!

 The hostas grow a couple of inches every day.   The ones in the pots and box are going to the garden club auction next week.

 My new bleeding heart bush - I wanted one to replace the dead azalea at the corner of the sunporch.   I can see this every morning from the kitchen window.

 Last year's bleeding heart bush - doing well. (I thought it was a goner last year)

 We have lots of lilacs this year - the first time in our 3 years in this house.

 Euphorbia bush.   I happened upon this at Garden Factory and I just love it - all the different colors!

 Candytuft

 The dogwood is in bloom - again, the first time in the 3 years we've been here.   (I guess the 3rd time is a charm!!!!)

I can't have spring flowers (other than daffodils) because the wildlife like them too much.   So I planted in pots.   They didn't look like much when I dragged them out of the garage a month ago, but they have been putting on a real show this past week.

It's spring!!!!!! Flowering Trees.......

It's springtime at my house.   Loving all the flowering trees and spring flowers.   It has been perfectly, perfect weather for over a week now.   A few more days and we will be getting rain - which they say we need.   Maybe only at night - like Camelot!!!

This is our plum tree in full bloom.............the forsythia is on the way out and the sandcherry has come and gone!!!