Molting into his summer feathers, a male American goldfinch sings his heart out
as the warmer temperatures finally arrive.
Along the Belt Parkway moving through Queens, NY, I saw a large stand and row of forsythias beginning to bloom.
Finally.
Along this area at some point in time, it seems that someone who maintains NYC roads planted quite a number of blooming things along my route from Long Island to the city along the southern roads. Some may be leftover from a previous era, like some old apple trees that bloom later in the season and also definitely develop into big round green-skinned fruit. And others more recent, like three or four crape myrtles that I see blooming in late summer.
But in the morning this past week, it's the forsythia that has finally burst forth yellow. Showing that there is growing life after this seemingly endless cold winter months. In my yard, I have it growing on the north side of the house where it blooms perfectly well.
In the front, the daffodils have also finally decided it's warm enough to bloom. Last weekend those buds looked dismal and small... and cold.
Back Daffs ~ We are here, we are here, we are heeeeere!
I love all primroses, but have found that the yellow ones smell the sweetest while some of the others, like the purple or red don't seem to have any scent at all.
My other favorite sweet smelling spring flower is the Siberian wallflower.
This one self-seeded in a pot and I brought it in for the winter.
It bloomed all winter long in the cold front porch
What's just more fun than a pot full of pansies?
And it's too early to see the shiny sunny face of the marsh marigold this morning, its flower still tightly budded.
These are weeds to some, but they are some of the earliest blooming flowers and the early bees will visit them
So what's happy in your garden? Yellow hope?