A Spring Day – Easter!

click here for larger image SNOW IN BOISE

 

When Spring looks like the photo above, any little sign of growth is so very welcome. This is Inga’s front yard (my daughter in Idaho), taken when she was suffering from a bad case of Spring Fever this year! click here for larger image BOISE SNOW

 

I remember an Easter Sunday in Kodiak, Alaska when I bundled all my family in heavy parkas, wondering if we’d see any sunrise at all – and we didn’t! On another Easter Sunday in Rhode Island, a heavy snowfall had covered everything by the time we finished church services. Gradually, bits of color started to peek through the snow in Inga's yard. click here for larger image FIRST SHOW OF COLOR

 

Snow starts to give way. click here for larger image SNOW GIVING WAY TO COLOR

 

More color starts to show. click here for larger image MORE COLOR

 

Suddenly, the snow is gone and the blooms display their glorious colors. click here for larger image FULL COLOR

 

And that’s how Spring arrives in Boise, Idaho! Spring comes in a different way here in Hawai`i. I’ve been getting sun, interspersed with a few rains, enough to help some of my plants send out blossoms. Here is my own spot of bright yellow – sweet calendula. click here for larger image CALENDULA

 

The agapanthus that I transplanted out of a pot is blooming again, and sending up more stalks that will open soon. click here for larger image AGAPANTHUS

 

The hibiscus that I cut way back has shown lovely growth and put out the first bloom just this week. click here for larger image RED HIBISCUS

 

Even the wild snapdragons that pop up all over are looking beautiful this year. click here for larger image WILD SNAPDRAGON

 

The Japanese Walking Iris (Neomarica candida) is sending out all sorts of flowers. click here for larger image WALKING IRIS

 

Here are a couple of close-ups of my blooms. Amazingly beautiful! click here for larger image SINGLE IRIS BLOOM

 

click here for larger image ANOTHER VIEW OF WALKING IRIS

 

A newly planted ivy geranium cutting is already blooming. click here for larger image IVY GERANIUM

 

My vegetables and varieties of basil are sprouting. Here are my string beans. They have doubled in size and have started climbing just since I took this picture last week. click here for larger image NEWEST CROP OF STRING BEANS

 

Watching plants gradually come to life in the spring is probably why I still can get excited over the first blooms. They are a living lesson on an abundant life after death. A hui hou!

Tagged as: Agapanthus, Calendula, Easter, GARDENING, Geranium, Green Beans, Hibiscus, Walking Iris