Drifted Petals

it's raining petals . . . as all but one of the fruit trees finishes up their blossom cycle.

a caterpillar in the lilac bush at the end of the day.

early this morning, while getting the dog out for a short walk, i stopped and shot some of the flax (that were just starting to open up) growing on the edge of the property . . . i love this color blue~!~ these flowers open early and are closed again by mid-day. they grow on long grassy stems forming clumps at the ground.

my weekend has become very busy with gardening activities which is both good and bad. good because i love to be in the sunshine and the garden; bad because i'm getting behind on flickr and my blog is mostly just photos . . . with no response yet to any of my wonderful comments . . . no worries though, i'll catch back up with you all eventually . . .

i am so happy to have finally arrived at the spring season that i can't even be upset about all of the dandelions that are in and around the yard/garden. in fact, today, i'm quite sure that dandelions do not deserve the bad reputation that they have acquired . . . they are such bright spots of "sunshine" in our gradually greening world that i can't help but be totally charmed by them~!!~

i discovered a visitor in the grass. i've no idea just what this caterpillar will someday be like but for now it is quite busy finding enough to munch on . . .

these daffodils are so very pretty~!~ they must be some sort of double. they have a very frilly apricot center with less frilly outer petals that are light yellow to white. i'm not entirely happy with the photos that i got . . . the light is still a little harsh out. so this evening i will go out again and revisit them in the hopes of capturing their incredible beauty in a much more artistic fashion!