so much spring

Picking up fallen twigs around the yard, walking around on stones above the mud, admiring the green of new growth and yanking a few weeds. My oakleaf hydrangea has been bare up until yesterday! Now unfolding fat pale leaves that from a distance look like floating tips.

Nearby, the astilbe is coming up too

and the bleeding hearts

this little one so pretty with raindrops on it

and all the columbines

On the shady sideyard, what a surprise. Stinkin' hellebores are prolific, no kidding. Look how many seedlings I found! A thick crowd, surely if I thin out and let half of these grow, at least a few will make it to maturity.