true blue

Grape hyacinth (muscari) along a garden path

sitting pretty

Grey catbird on a grey perch

“Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.” ~Victor Hugo

violet whisper

Photography credits:
slb/crocus and scilla
ng/ranunculus

pale beauty

Hydrangea paniculata in soft morning light

garden lady

It's as though I am seeing / her / for the first time.

winter rose

Rosa Graham Thomas

In the backyard, just before the snow

first frost

A clematis in bloom, discovered today while cutting back the frost-bitten dahlias.

fallen rose

Found among the leaves this morning.