Late Spring.....

....... in my garden

Despite or maybe because of the chilly and wet spring, my back garden is so beautiful this year. I had tulips blooming that haven't bloomed for years. Everything is so healthy. In this photo are my beautiful PW Supertunias Bubble gum. Anyone can grow these and they are spectacular all summer long. In front is Allium, easy to grow and the foliage dies back soon after blooming. Below are chives that I have had growing there for over 20 years.  

My backyard has attracted some birds (other than sparrows) this spring. A few weeks ago a Baltimore Oriole stopped by. I just saw it one time. Of course there are the Hummingbirds coming to the feeder as well as the American goldfinch at the niger sock. I saw a Nuthatch doing acrobats on the trunk of my birch tree and a little Chickadee taking a drink from the kettle fountain. It's all happening in my back yard...lol 

I planted this lilac last year and look at all those blooms. This Lilac blooms again in the summer and in the fall. Can't wait for it to get bigger.......fertilized it.

Yearly Trip to Bourdines

 

Every spring I make my annual trip to Rochester Hills to buy flowers. I really only plant pots now but I love to buy things there that I can't find anywhere else. It is the most fabulous greenhouse. I have to put my blinders on because whatever I buy I know that I'll have to plant. I still managed to buy $150 worth....lol 

Wow....

 

The Boys

 

Amusing Morning

 

A few days ago, I went, in the early morning, to ger my blood drawn and was greeted by this Canada Goose. I was told that he/she is a regular resident at the facility. I wondered if I had to get in line behind the goose....lol.  Also, pictured below is (you will never guess)  a sign pole plastered with stickers. There were three poles the same. They are stickers that everyone gets when they are screened for Covid before they can go into the building. I guess it is littering in a sense but I did see some humor in it.

Redbuds