Thursday, April 8, 2010

Spring has sprung!


Sitting on the back deck, eating organic strawberries with Breyer's vanilla bean ice cream, listening to the frogs chirping...a relaxing end to an unseasonbly warm spring day in Southeast PA. The strawberries came from the local supermarket, but before we know it, we'll have organic strawberries from our own backyard; I saw my first strawberry blossom today.





Blossoms by the hundreds...errr thousands, have sprung forth in our backyard. The warmth of spring has coaxed the hyacinths, tulips, and daffodils out of their winter hibernation. The fruit trees are sending forth their gorgeous blooms, attracting the bees for their pollination exercise. While they bring such beauty even from afar, a personal look at fruit tree blossoms is a feast for the eyes. Which do you like better...the apple (with the pink) or the pear (loose white petals)?