lilacs, linens and lily-of-the-valley

The lilacs have almost finished their lovely spring show.
The blooms are still out, but looking a little more aged every day.
The Primrose lilac is still blooming and one of the late lilacs is just starting
so when you walk out into the garden, the air is still filled with their fragrance.
There is no other scent that transports me through time like the lilac.
I know this must be so with many of you. I think this is why I love this time
in the garden the most. I'm five years old again and my sister and I
are playing in my grandmother's garden.
~beautiful memories~

This particular lilac is called Glory and paired with a couple of stems of 

a soft pink one.

Not a great picture but it shows how huge the clusters are on it.

 

 In the photo below is Beauty of Moscow.

I love, love, love my lily of the valley, and especially the scent of them.

When they bloom, 

I fill every room with a little bunch of them.

When my daughter and her children were here, I had huge bouquets of lilacs in the house

and almost the minute my daughter walked in the house, her eyes and nose 

started running and she was sneezing.

So out went the lilacs onto the front patio! 

 I had so much fun with the grandchildren while they were here.

It was wonderful to catch up with my daughter and see baby Jace again.

Only my second time since he was born :(

He is now a year old and 

WOW!!! had I forgotten how much they get into at that age.

But...

 it will be in the blink of an eye and he will be the age 

of his seventeen year old brother before I know it.

I just figured out while writing this that I will be 74 when he turns the age 

of my oldest grandchild (his brother).

Crazy!!!