blossoms in the garden

I finally have something in the garden to share and I am loving every second spent working
out in it this Spring.

This is my May Day tree. 

It bloomed on the 1st day of May just like is supposed to.

The first time it ever has!

On a normal year it doesn't bloom until later here, but like most of the country, we are having  

unusual seasonal temperatures.

The fragrance of this bloom is so sweet it's intoxicating.

 

Yesterday was beautiful, but it sprinkled most of the day so 

I was in the studio painting shelves and organizing and enjoying 

the sound of the rain on the tin roof.
It's a wreck in the studio right now and I need to do so much straightening
in it to get inspired to create again.
I was cleaning up and I swear, some of the spiders
were as big as me!
Okay...so maybe I exaggerate a little...but they WERE BIG!

So what else have I been doing lately???

Well,

time with daughters and their children over the past two weekends...

always a wonderful time!!! 

a trip to the thrift store in Hailey, which netted me a new iron bed for the screened porch

and four awesome caned back chairs made by Henredon. (so excited to find these)

Which means more painting. 

and  as I have said before...I HATE to paint. 

(I am looking down at my paint splattered hands from painting the clothesline today as I type this!)

(this is my serviceberry tree in bloom)

(cherry trees blooming)

(Centurion crab apple tree starting to bloom)

I love these trees!!!

There are two in the garden and I would have a whole line of them if I had to space.

They will open to the softest pink color you have ever seen.

Reminds me of cotton candy.

This is a photo of the lilacs yesterday before the rain started.

I'm so excited to see they will be blooming in a couple of days!

A few cherry branches brought in to enjoy.

We may have cherries if I can keep the horses and birds from getting them first.

We are supposed to get a hard frost the next two nights so I am holding my breath

that it won't get as cold as predicted.

I took these pictures last Saturday of the forsythia shrubs down the driveway.

I loved being met by this blast of color when turning into our place for the past two weeks.

I am so thrilled about being asked to be in the latest issue of Artful Blogging.

When one gets and e-mail from Jennifer Jackson Taylor and the subject says
Artful Blogging...well, I can tell you that it is an exhilarating feeling to put it mildly.

Thank you so much Stampington and Artful Blogging for this honor!
I am grateful.

Speaking of grateful, I have won to beautiful giveaways lately
and wanted to show them in this post but haven't had the chance to take photos
yet, so I will be back in a few days to share!!!