Hooray for Bloom Day! My Other Half and I took a special field trip out to a public botanical garden today to celebrate. It was absolutely gorgeous there; so many different species of tulips were in bloom. The day was overcast so picture-taking conditions were great. I was going to post photos of both the Lot’s blooms and our fieldtrip today, but I took way too many! Will post the fieldtrip blooms at a later date.

The Lot’s blooms for April:

Also blooming: perennial geranium, labrador violets, Fothergilla, star of Bethlehem, vinca

Just budding: Snow Angel Coral Bell

Check out May Dreams Gardens for some more Bloom Day eye candy!

This morning as I looked out the kitchen window into the back yard, I saw my first robin. I fondly remember the American Robin from my elementary school reports about Michigan. The robin is after all, our state bird. However, because of it’s migratory pattern it also is, like the crocus on the Lot, one of the first signs of Spring.

I’ve had several gardening friends like Ms. N and Ms. A tell me they’ve seen their first robin already a few weeks ago. My Other Half saw his yesterday. I’ve been hearing the robins in the trees for a week or so in our neighborhood, but it wasn’t until this morning I saw one happily bouncing around the back yard. Hopefully they will help themselves to the most recent Spring trimmings I’ve hacked into smaller pieces and left around the back yard for their nest building. It gives me a great feeling to know I’m helping the birds with building materials. It also allows me to ignore the chore of picking up after myself until a month or so later.