Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Slow to Open........


It is morning and the birds are busy outside.  They are in the pine trees collecting seeds and flying here and there to the feeders.  A young female cardinal darts in and then stays for a while so I could take its picture. Very little wind is outside and the sun is shining. A lot of trees have not leafed out yet but they are showing signs of progress. As you can see the lilacs are not completely out yet but that is good.  They seem to bloom in such a short time so this will drag out the lavender splash a little bit longer.

The work crew that spent the day working on our culvert did not finish but they did come by to drive away with their machinery.  People can drive over the new concrete culvert on the gravel repair space. I am sure they will send back a crew to spruce up and finish the rest of it as there will be more dirt to be added to cover out the ends of the culverts in the ditches.  I have photos of the work but will share later or on another blog.

4 comments:

Cranberry Morning said...

I can almost smell those from here, Larry! They're beautiful. I can't wait until ours are blooming. Right now it's just the daffodils. I don't even try to raise tulips due to the rodents who love them. Gorgeous lilacs!

Anonymous said...

One of your prettiest photos EVER!

The Furry Gnome said...

Beautiful lilacs! The smell of lilacs is one of my favourites in the garden the whole year!

Valerie said...

Yes, it's lilac time all right. Love that flower so much.

Crowded.....

 The tulip was up first but the peony is now spreading out and shoving the tulip around a bit.