Spring is Springing!

 Spring is finally springing here at home, so we're saying good-bye to English gardens for the moment, and we're going to follow spring as it unfolds here.  We do have Crocus, Hellebore, and one tiny Iris showing blooms, and lots of Daffodils coming along.

When the snow first disappears (though it has re-appeared twice since!!), it doesn't leave a very bright coloured landscape behind.  It all looks rather dull to me, but it will turn green soon.

We've had the Hellebore blooming for a couple of weeks now, so many blooms on it I can't sort them out.  Sometimes it's buried under snow.

This pale mauve flower was the first among the Crocus to show any colour.

The yellow and white followed soon thereafter, though the white remain tightly furled.  A warm day will really bring out the colour.

Out the front window we have quite a lot of Daffodils planted; their leaves have been emerging for almost a month.  I'm counting the days until I see some yellow!

Also out front is this bigger cluster of bright yellow Crocus.

And in the corner by the garage, springing up between the coils of the cord for the Christmas lights, is a solitary royal blue dwarf Iris, my favourite spring flower.  I fear the rest have been smothered by the rampantly spreading Lavender!