things emerging

I take more walks around the yard, admiring the new green shoots and unfurling leaves, happy to recognize some, puzzling over others (I've forgotten so many names and appearances). 

Young leaves on my hybrid maple:

I love seeing the ostrich ferns arise! (though do need to pull weeds here)

I'm pretty sure this is obedient plant 

Glad that much of the little sedums I moved over here when took out the remains of the stump in the front yard (where this pretty little redbud is now growing!)

are still here- mixed thickly with violets in this spot-

here's a fuller stand of it-

I know this is a flowering plant I put here on purpose- the taller stems among the violets- but I can't remember what it is, or what it looks like blooming

This one I distinctly remember transplanting as well- catmint?

Since this turned into a walk down the 'sunny' sideyard, here's the last plant to show: my hollies! They grew a lot this past year. The one on the left (with a chunk of old stump under it) is much shorter- gets less light

The one on the right is taller than me now!