The crab apple blossoms are especially pretty this year. Last year they did not bloom due to a late freeze. The smell is wonderful.
More of the same crab apple.
I don't think that I remember the strawberries blooming quite so early as they are this year. Maybe I just haven't paid that much attention either.
Lilacs have to be one of my favorite spring flowers. We are fortunate to have a hedge of them across the backyard that makes for a scented outdoors! I remember as a kid, my Dad pruned them down to probably about 2 feet. (I live in the house that I grew up in.) I thought for sure that they would die. Nothing quite like a man pruning!
Now this is not a flower, shrub, or tree.... Maybe it is a tree monkey! Actually this is my youngest daughter. She was following me in the yard as I was taking pictures. The next generation of gardeners is starting!
