Hollyhocks…

My dad gifted me with some hollyhock starts last year.  They survived the winter quite well and are now showing off in the garden…

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They are a beautiful black color!

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When the setting sun shines on them in the evening, they are just ….wow!

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Little Red Fruits…

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The currants are coming on strong this year!

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Yep, I am a bad, bad girl. I ate the first ripe raspberries all by myself, didn’t share, no no no no! Mmmm!!
Sshhh!! Don’t tell

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Spring Days…

I am loving the longer, warmer days we’ve been having lately.  Not too hot or too cool.  Perfect spring weather.

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The flowering trees, tulips, grape hyacinth and violas are in full bloom too…
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Ready for Spring…

I am so ready for Spring to arrive.

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While we still have a lot of mud and muck…

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Yellow and dead grasses and plants…P3210985 P3210971 P3210974

Yet, Spring is silently bursting forth all over the farm…P3210941

The Aspen trees are budding…

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There is life in the strawberry patches…

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Buds bursting out…

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Tulips popping up…

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Onions awakening…

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 Robins venturing forth…

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Even lambs on the ground…

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