A few pictures from my backyard, today...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[Baitball Blogger]

1. It looks like spring is finally here.

Shame I didn't have a camera when the rabbits were out.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. It truly has arrived here, my dear Baitball Blogger...

There are flowers blooming everywhere!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. lovely, Peggy - thanks for sharing them

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Thank you, my dear Tuesday Afternoon! I'm really glad you enjoyed them!

[siligut]

4. Absolutely beautiful

I can feel the warm air just looking at them. What is the top one, with the blue flowers?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Aw, thank you, my dear siligut...

Actually, the air was kind of chilly! It's late afternoon here now, and it's definitely cooling off...It was warmer earlier.

The blue flowered one is, I believe, a California Lilac. Sorry it's out of focus. It's very happy here, and has been growing like mad!

[LeftofObama]

7. That first picture is just beautiful!

It's still cold here in Ohio and I have spring fever so bad I can't stand it! Thanks for posting those.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. I'm glad these helped you, my dear LeftofObama!

I understand what you mean about spring fever...

[lunatica]

8. Thank you for stopping to note the small things today!

There are beautiful little details all around us if we just stop and look.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Thank you, my dear lunatica!

I love getting the details caught in my pictures...

We miss so much if we don't look!

[talkingmime]

9. Awesome, girl! We've got crocus and daffodils out. The hyacinth (sp?) is just budding.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Thank you, my dear talkingmime!

Oh, I envy you your crocus and daffodils...it just doesn't get cold enough here for them.

[talkingmime]

13. Oh, I've got mini daffodils in the perennial bed!!!

[rrneck]

14. Sproing! Looks like spring has sprung. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Indeed it has, my dear rrneck, and thank you! n/t

[GoCubsGo]

16. Lovely!

Those blue flowers are especially gorgeous! The dogwoods and azaleas are blooming here, and the trees are leafing out. Unfortunately, the pines are also spewing pollen, so everything is a yellowish green. It's just as well that it's too cool outside to open the windows. Not that it matters. Every time I walk out the front door, my cat bolts past me and proceeds to roll around on the concrete. I have to spend a minute or two dusting off the green layer before I let her back inside.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Why, thank you, my dear GoCubsGo!

I'm glad you're enjoying them...

Ah, pollen. We could sure live without it, even if the plants could not!



Good and continuing luck with your cat...

[LancetChick]

18. I love photos of food and gardens!

Ceanothus is one of my favorite shrubs. Mine are just starting to bloom (I'm about 40 minutes north of San Fran). Is the second pic lemon? I've been spending much of my free time starting seeds inside (still dipping into the 40's at night) and working the soil outside. I hate gardening, but love flowers, herbs and vegetables, so I do it. Flowers are such a mood enhancer... they always lift my spirits!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear LancetChick!

Thank you! The second picture is my poor neglected orange bush. It needs fertilizing.

I do have a lemon too. Fresh fruit is the best!

Flowers lift my spirits too!

[HipChick]

20. CalPeggy...you are too cruel..

My eyes started running and nose...pollen allergies...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Oh my dear HipChick!

I am so sorry...

My pictures were that real?

[HipChick]

24. It's about that time..

benadryl time..

[Rowdyboy]

21. Am admiring my neighbors cherry tree in full bloom right now.....

Azaleas are opening all over town, and our 20 foot banana shrub is just starting to open. It perfumes the whole yard for a month!

Sadly our wisteria was hit hard by a late freeze and we've apparently lost this years bloom. Guess you can't have everything....

BTW-your backyard looks like it must be a gardeners delight!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. My dear Rowdyboy!

The blooming fruit trees are happening here too, and how wonderful they are...

I'm sorry about your wisteria. I'm seeing them all over my town these days...They are gorgeous!

I think my gardeners like my garden. Except they have to work in it!

[OhioChick]

25. Beautiful pictures, Peggy

Thanks for sharing them.

It was 22 degrees here with the wind chill today. Spring is coming, right?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. Thank you so much, my dear OhioChick!

22 degrees?

Technically, yes, Spring is already here!

I hope it'll arrive very soon for you!

[Kali]

27. pretty!

the wild pentstemmons are going crazy around here (mostly along the highway where they get a little more water) I should get some pix.

so far the only thing that bloomed in my yard was the apricot tree a couple weeks ago.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. Oh, do get some pics, my dear Kali!

I'd love to see those...

I hope your tree bears.

Thanks for coming by!

[MiddleFingerMom]

29. VERY nice... not much spring growth here yet... I have seen bunnies in the yard again...

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... and the other day, I saw two quail (almost certainly a mated pair) cross the road. They are definitely
the clowns of the bird world here. Very comical to see them dash across the street, heads thrust forward
and looking every bit of the March Hare who's late, he's late, he's late for an important date.
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What will be COOL is later this year when their chicks hatch. They look the same, except they have little
tiny identical versions of themselves following RIGHT in their footsteps single-file.
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[CaliforniaPeggy]

30. Thank you so much, my dear MFM!

Your quail sound precious, and with their chicks even more so...