Spring Has Finally Sprung!

Things are finally warming up here in good ol' Rexburg. Our lawn is now green instead of white, our trees are full of blossoms and newly sprouted leaves, animal life is abundant (at least in the bee, squirrel, and bird categories) and snow storms have finally been replaced with rain showers. Here are a few pics from in and around our house. I hope you enjoy them as much as we have!

The house

A delicous rainstorm

This tree/shrub of unknown type sists on the edge of our yard closest to the street and in the course of 1 or 2 days exploded with these bright pink blossoms.

This is the big tree in our front yard. I can't remember what it's called, but it looks like a cross between a weeping willow and a quaking aspen. We love it!

We have three apple trees in our back yard and all of them are blossoming!

The apple tree closest to the house has several hollowed out branches. A bird couple decided to move in to one and they are now the proud parents of 5 little chicks! It's been fun to watch them grow, since we took this picture, they've sprouted most of their feathers.

We put a couple of pots out on our front proch and filled them with Snap dragons, geraniums, pansies, daisies and these little white flowers whose name escapes me. The Eastern border of our property is lined with trees.

We have a total of 5 lilac trees/shrubs around the house. We can't wait for the little buds to open and wrap our house and yard in their cozy, sweet scent!

More rain clouds

On our windowsill in the kitchen, we've planted some forget-me-nots and clover.

Every gardener's nemesis... the dandelion.