Last Fertilizer Friday of winter!

Finally Spring begins tomorrow. I think I put my Spring countdown up when it was still over 60 days away, and now like many things I've had to wait for, it feels like it was just yesterday that it felt so far away. The closer Spring has gotten, the higher the sun has gotten in the sky creating beautiful lighting. Lighting can be everything in taking pictures. The same beautiful flower can look completely different in pictures depending on the light. We've had some beautiful sunny days with more on the way. Temperatures in the 60's make us sure Spring really does start tomorrow even with another recent light frost. And since daylight savings time started it has been light until almost 7:30 p.m. already giving us longer days to enjoy the outdoors.

So for the last Fertilizer Friday of this winter I found these beauties blooming in the sun:

The White Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectablilis) looks perfect in this light.

The double Hellebore 'Mardi Gras Double' that I bought this year continues to bloom.

One of my favorite spring bloomers Pink Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) is just starting to open.

Muscari seems to be everywhere in my yard now. They are perfect to put in little Spring bouquets.

The Crocuses soak in the sun.

Navelwort (Omphalodes cappadocica) 'Starry Eyes' in the shady path garden didn't see as much sun. I've found a few of these popping up in other parts of the garden which I'm very happy about.

Fertilizer Friday is hosted by Tootsie at Tootsie Time every Friday. Visit her to join in or to see what other flowers are being flaunted this week.

On my previous post I mentioned that no birds had moved into the pond birdhouse yet, well yesterday morning I was surprised and happy to see a Chickadee spending a lot of time checking it out and eventually going inside for awhile. Hopefully he'll bring his mate along and they'll build their nest.