Spring is finally showing her beautiful face in our neck of the woods! Look at this gorgeous first flush of leaf and bloom, a spirit lifter if ever there was! This photo is service berry, and I absolutely love the little whisper of spider web on the bottom bud.

I am equally delighted to think there will soon be food in the form of flowers for the eager bees and wasps giving our garden a good zoom.

Sea buckthorn lives up to the name. We planted male and female bushes, but have yet to make any fruit, which is a real shame.

aspen

choke cherry

golden currant

rose

russian elm and babbling brook