These Beautiful Days

 we are having here in the Northeast

this week have been unseasonably

 warm, causing everything

to awaken from it's winter slumber

and burst into bloom overnight!

The red plum tree in front

of our home is scattering soft

pink petals like snowfall.

The azaelas are showing off,

in a competition with the rhododendren

for my attention!

Everywhere I turn there

is an explosion of color and fragrance.

The Saucer Magnolia in the back

yard quite literally opened up

overnight.

It's blossoms are beautiful and

cover the entire tree.

Most years it blesses us with

two or three shows of blossoms

throughout the summer

but none as precious as the first.

Even our woodland dogwoods

are trying to get in on the act.

First Prize for the showiest

display has to go to the

Bradford Pears trees,

simply because their sheer numbers,

as they line the streets of our

neighborhood just

take my breath away!

Hope you enjoyed our little stroll outside my house,

now lace up your shoes and go see what's waiting

for you outside your door own front door!!!