After the storm brought heavy rain Sunday night, the garden took on new life. With the dry earth well soaked, the flowers really opened and looked brilliant in the sunshine yesterday morning.
Daffodils and Jonquils gorgeous in their yellows, the fresh fuzzy Stachys leaves greening up......
Pansies and Violas........................
.......often called Johnny-Jump-Ups, are now massed in large clumps.....
I think I must have a special admiration for purple when it comes to pansies as most of mine are in that color family!
Walking around the garden in the warmth of early Spring, there were many special things that caught my eye. The fig tree....well not quite a tree yet, more a bush as it's only been planted a couple of years, is showing new buds......as well as a dried fig still clinging tightly from last year.
The Thrift is in bloom, poking through the carpet of dried leaves.............and a tiny butterfly, its delicate green wings illuminated by the sun, feeding on the flowers.
Ah yes, Spring is on the way.
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