Where Did Spring Go???

Last week this time I was smiling over the song of spring peepers in the swamp.  The next day it hit 70 degrees and I threw open the windows to air out the house. Then snow/ice/slop fell from the sky on Monday.  Then more fell today. I'm officially fed up with winter.  I've done way too much ranting on this blog lately so instead of bitching about the weather I'm going to re-run a spring post with lots of lovely things to look at and get me through these last miserable days of winter weather.  I hope anyone else who is sick to death of winter weather is also warmed.

 I was in great need of some evidence of spring so I went in search this weekend. Here's what I found around town and in the yard.

Some sort of ornamental tree in my yard.

Azalea bud.

Some tree near the baseball field. (Yeah, I'm a regular botanist. "This specimen is known as Limus Ignoramus Pinkia.")

Bluebells in my yard. (Now watch someone tell me that's not the real name.)

Dogwood (Its bark is worse than its bite. Har har har.)

Forsythia (Mini poll here...do you believe forsythia should be trimmed into some docile shape or allowed to get wild and bushy looking? I favor the wild look, Mr. Lime wants obedient shrubs.)

Fern frond. I had a hard time deciding which fern shot to use. I have another one with multiple fronds looking like they are dancing. This one looks like a "come hither" invitation. That's my mood right now, so that's the one ya get.

Bleeding hearts.

Lilacs

A fine example of Limus Ignoramus Blanca.