April in May

I meant to get these photos up two weeks ago, but I suppose I was too busy admiring everything popping up all over our Minnesota yard. We've lived in our new house for just over a year now, and it amazes me how much I don't remember seeing last spring, but also how much more familiar everything feels. It has been an exhausting year in many ways, but my dear my dear my goodness oh my, does all this green and new and colorful make my entire being come alive. Photo notes (more for me than anyone; I really am learning!): -- Blue-purple flowers: Siberian squill (early to mid April) -- White flowers: Bloodroot (early to mid April) -- Purple flower: Periwinkle/Vinca Minor groundcover (late April) -- Leaves on the trees: (April, April, April, Hallelujah) And happy belated Mother's Day!