Grounded

Middle of May in northern Colorado.

The winter deadfall has been cleaned out of the yard (finally), and the early blooms are going strong.  There are enough for a fun bouquet for the kitchen table.

A seed display at the hardware store sucked me in a few months ago. I planted a few things indoors, and even planted some directly outside.  Well guess what.  Mother Nature winning!

Peas

Lettuce

carrots

While my shorter iris were blooming when I got home from my trip, Silverado, my consistent first bloomer, opened May 15th with a perfect bloom, under cloudy skies and rain drops.

And we may have a tenant in one of the birdhouses.

I can believe that I am going to be sitting on my patio after riding home from work on my bike by the end of the month.