A Cascade Of Flowers

 

I spotted this wonderful Spirea bush in the front garden of a home. There was a breeze so the branches were putting on a show of moving cascades of flowers. Lovely.

Apple Blossoms

 

This large apple tree is in the back garden of a home visible from our roof deck. It has been putting on a grand display that has lasted a while because of the cool and rainy weather we have been having.

Small Beauty

 

This small Magnolia tree is always the first of them in our 'hood to flower. Even its flowers are smaller and more delicate than the flowers on the big trees. Unfortunately it was garbage day when I went by so hence the bins.

Spring Yellow

 

The Daffodils are finally flowering and because we have been having rather cool weather they are lasting a while. This patch had some blue Scilla neighbours to enhance the colours.

Sea Of Blue

 

Every spring nature puts on a great show along this hill on Davenport Rd. The blue Scilla has spread into a beautiful sea. It is too bad that it doesn't last for long.

Lovely Yellow

 

Spring is upon us and I saw my first flowering Forsythia this week. It was glowing in the rare sunshine so  I had to cross the road and get a pic. 

I Found Some

 

I finally found some crocuses last week. Our weather has been so up and down with lots of cold weather that the spring flowers have been hiding.

Snowdrops

 

It feels like it has been a late spring but I finally spotted some snowdrops last week. They had a warm spot with some large rocks behind them which they seemed to like. 

Finally Some Flowers

 

We had a bit of a warm day a week ago so I went out looking for some spring flowers and found a patch of Winter Aconite in someone's front garden. My Mum always had large swaths of these in her garden and they often emerged from the snow with buds ready to open. These ones just needed a bit of sunshine to get them opened up. It was nice to see some colour at this dreary time of year.

First Robin

I saw my first Robin of this spring on a cold afternoon outside the patio doors. It sat there for about an hour, sometimes all puffed up like this. It looked like it was begging to come inside.

Taking part in Saturday's Critters. Click HERE to see more creatures from around the world.
 

Finally

 

We finally got some warm weather after the coldest May since 1967! The garden centres are all busy and well stocked now.

Spring Trees

 

One thing about spring rain is that it certainly gets the trees to pop their leaves open. It always seems to be sudden to me.

Pink

 

This small Magnolia tree is always the first one to flower in our neighbourhood and once again it was a surprise to see it in bud a couple of weeks ago. Not only is the tree small, which is good for this front garden, but the flowers are also small & delicate.

A Sea Of Blue

 

Out for a walk this week I spotted this sea of blue Scilla running up and along a hill on Davenport Rd. This is probably just a quarter of the area with flowers. I was so surprised and pleased to see them.

Finally

 

I actually spotted some spring flowers this past week. They were in a south facing garden enjoying the sun on one of the few nice days we had.

Spring Is Bursting Out

While out for a walk along a trail by the Humber river I happened upon this small stream and all the new growth that was popping up around it. It really felt like spring is here.

Spring Beauty

With the cooler temperatures we have been having the Magnolia flowers are lasting quite a long time. I took this shot a week ago at James Gardens and loved the white flowers against the green background.

Spring Joy

The flowers of Alium always remind me of fireworks and they are such a joy to see. These ones were part of a huge bed of them that was spotted in the front garden of a home.

Joys And Aromas Of Spring

Lilacs have the most beautiful perfume and this seems to have been a good spring for them. In this shot there is a white lilac at front with a pink lilac to the left and a Redbud tree backing them up. These lovelies all survived the horrible wind storm that we had last week.

Crowds For Blossoms

When the cherry trees blossom people seem to go crazy to get out to see them. High Park which is one of the largest in the city has a few thousand of the cherry trees and the crowds become unbelievable but there are smaller groups of the trees around the city. This small group of about 20 trees is found on the U of Toronto campus and even it was teeming with people last weekend.