Taken Thursday after work. Last of Spring snow? We'll see...

The first daffodil in our garden bloomed on the last day of the month! :)

Only a month ago...

Candied tulips

Earlier this week I watched that Food Network show, Alex's Day Off (or something like that?) and she picked up some candied oranges and lemons from the store. They looked really good. This tulip, which is a "Queen of Night" or "Black Tulip" reminds me of the candied fruit. We had a frost just after Mother's Day and all of the tulips looked like they were sprinkled with sugar. Mmmm...

The Flying Blossom

The night before this we had some rain or snow, or wind maybe - whatever it was, it caused this little blossom to fall. However, though it lost its petals, it didn't fall to the ground, but instead caught on the string of a spider web. It was swinging about in the wind when I found it and here is me attempting to capture it. (Most of the photos I took look just like the fourth picture down.)

Around work

Lately

I haven't been posting as frequently lately, though I have been taking as many pictures as usual, if not more. Partly I think that is because work has been getting more stressful and when I get home I rarely feel like being on the computer since I do that all day long at work. But mostly this is because my stupid, inexpensive memory card reader broke... Needless to say, I have a bunch of photos to catch up with. Lots of hiking photos and lots of spring flowers!! Soon I will have to do a whole post on my tulips. My mom and I really outdid ourselves this year with a variety of new types of tulips. You'll see sooner rather than later, I hope.

Hodgepodge

Cambridge, England

Boulder, Colorado

path to Greys/Torreys Peaks, Colorado

From the author of 101 Cookbooks, Heidi Swanson:

I've also found that photography is a good indicator for me - when my life is nicely in balance I shoot more photos. If I find my favorite cameras collecting dust, it's usually an sign that I'm over-extended in one way or another and I try to adjust...

I feel like my own life is like that as well. Lately it has been stressful and busy. I'm having difficulty grasping it.

Rhubarb!

Odd little things, hey?

happy spring!!!

"The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring."

(Bern Williams)

(taken in Cambridge, England)

spring on its way!

These appeared to be coming up first. Mom and I can't quite remember what they're called. We planted them back in October-ish (I think). They will be white and are "carpan"-something. Sadly, the popsicle stick we wrote the name on wore off...

Johnny Jump Up!!

Some tulips I found that are growing from under a rock!

More tulips! These we have decided are some of our established tulips, not of the bulbs we planted in the autumn. Very exciting, though, as I did not see these even two days before this. Flowers are so sneaky!

stormy weather !

... la la lalala