That Season Between March 21 and June 21

Spring of 2011 was delightful.  I always have loved the first spring in a new place.  You are never quite sure how things will look as nature wakes up from its winter slumber, but it is certainly a blessing to be around new places when the awakening happens.

Yet, this time, the season has been different.  We have seen more things abloom this spring than we did the last.  I have found myself amazed again and again each day to find a new blossom or leafing plant.  So much more has bloomed this year than did the last, so it is like we have been given a truer experience of the Spring than what was shown us our first year here.

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I am not sure what type of tree this is.  It does not give off any scent that I can determine, but it's blossoms are very sweet to look upon.  

These next blossoms are also pictured above.  It's scent is quite heavenly.  Often, when we have spotted this bush/tree, we have also noticed honeysuckle growing in close proximity.  The aroma from each, especially when mixed together in the air, is simply divine.  

I took this photo because there is a hosta growing in our flower bed.  This was not here last year, and we did not plant it, either.  For some reason it lay dormant for a full year.  

These are the flowers I planted in our window boxes.  I love the colors:  bright and welcoming.

Last Spring and Summer I noticed this big leafy bush and thought, "That looks like hydrangea"....but we had no flowers....none at all!

This year they are coming forth and looking so lovely.  The photo above was taken in April.  This May the hydrangeas (most recent picture below) are bright blue.

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We have some roses blooming behind and between some ground cover.  Once found, it was like finding a treasured heirloom.  

We have also been visited by a plethora of poison ivy.  You can see some of it on the center-left side of this photo.  Roundup and I have become pretty good friends.  :)