Trees are just starting to bud here, but the Forsythia's been out for a while. Joe calls it, "For Cynthia" LOL. We know no one by that name. Go figure. Beautiful pics!

I love lilacs. They're simply my favorite flower in the world, and of course it only blooms once a year (which is probably why I'm such a big fan, same as my love for Cadbury Creme Eggs).

That appears to be a magnolia tree. Dogwood is an understory tree, meaning it blooms before the taller trees leaf out, and has a white four-petaled bloom. Sometimes you see them in pink but white is the more common one. Here in Missouri, they bloom at the same time as the redwoods and are some of our earliest spring flowers along with the forsythia and daffodils.

I think I was more loath to give up Sesame Street than my kids were!

The link is to a picture of the blue flowers in my garden. When I bought the bulbs they were called squill but Norma gave you the horticultural name. Very pretty spring pictures! Ours are so wet they are flooding away:-(

The photos are great, spring is a beautiful season isn't it.

I love the reference to Sesame Street. I miss watching that show with the kids. Every once in a while something will twig a memory and the most recent was someone talking about the shape of a pattern "It's really no trouble, you know it's a 'W'. That little tune was looping through my mind the rest of the day.

we just planted a magnolia and the variety name was jane. that's my youngest daughter's name. so now as we drive along she says there's another jane! and another! thanks for the photos.

Love those scilla! A dead give away for magnolias is to look at the base of a leaf and see if there's a little line that goes all the way around the stem- I forget what that's called, leaf scar maybe... plant taxonomy was many many moons ago! My favorite is the banana magnolia, heavenly scent!

That would be a Magnolia tree - some of them smell heavenly. One of my favorite flowers to photograph (had some on my blog yesterday). When they open up the flower petals are like silk in their flow. Ah Spring. Wish I didn't feel so allergy sick.

wow that first pix looks almost fake! awesome pix you go there!
i love lilacs! i plan on planting a bunch infront of my house when we buy one. the smell is wonderful!

The wee blue dudes are Scilla (Norma beat me to it). My mum gardens the way I knit...I had to learn a thing or two.
(Sam calls them "bluebabies")

Lilacs...my very favorite. Beautiful photo shoot, sweetpea! All those blooms -- ain't life grand?
xxooxxoo

Thanks Sandy - you're a bit ahead of us - all we have is forsythia and daffs. (I needed the little reminder, BTW - will do, today!!)

Nope, lilacs are the best!

Sesame Street was the best. It's been so long... Great photos :)

Oooh, spring time flowers. Have you ever been to the Arnold Arboretum to see the lilacs? It's something that you shouldn't miss. A beautiful day out.

My mom and I used to count forsythia bushes on the way to my grandma's house... one-sythia, two-sythia, three-sythia, four-sythia! That's what I think of whenever I see them. :-)

I love your Nature Segment! I think that blue flower is called scilla. Here's another pic:

http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/plants/magnoliophyta/magnoliophytina/liliopsida/hyacinthaceae/scilla/siberica-1U.jpg

Horticulture Norma (not WHORE-), signing out!

Yeah baby! Artsy-fartsy rules. I did the exact same thing yesterday -- not that Bloglines will update me, once again, so that anybody could see. Bastards.