Another Walk in the Yard

Here is my backyard. The Walnut trees are begining to leaf out, and I have worked in my stone wall garden- on the right side of photo- barely seen. The garden in the center is still waiting for help. I have been working to remove the quack grass, but the old dead stuff is still there.  I worked to remove ugly dead grasses from the front door garden, yesterday. I really hurt today!

In this photo, I was trying to show the violets in the grass. This is the area behind where I was taking the first picture. If you look at the larger version of this, You may be able to see more of the violets, they are blooming all the way to the hayfield. It is really great, I felt bad mowing there, because I was chopping off some flowers.

The right photo above, is another shot of the variegated maple leaves opening up, with the blue sky behind. The edges of the leaves will get lighter as they mature.

Above, are a couple more of my flower photos, using the sky as a background. The honeysucle flowers are in the process of opening. I ended up cutting a branch, to take the photo, because the bush is in real need of grooming. It is full of deadwood, and is in real need of some pruning.  The lilac is one I have been catching as it opens. Most of the lilacs are in full bloom now. One of the late bloomers is still in tight bud. The Honeysucle on the left, may find itself in my blue quilt. I am trying to decide if it will have just white and blue, or have some sparks of pink thrown in.

Above left, is the flowering almond almost past peak of bloom. The right photo is a grouping of 3 tulip flowers, taken with the ground as the background. The focus, and lightness of the flowers make the background really dark, a possible quilt photo.  It looks as if today will be another bright blue sky day.  I will be doing some shopping at a greenhouse, for plants to pot up a batch of memorial planters that we had been potting, and placing on graves for customers for Memorial Day. I have around 30 planters to pot. I am really looking foreward to stepping foot into a greenhouse again, but as a customer, instead of owner.