📷 Dreaming of summers gone by … The Gardener.

A giant topiary sculpture of a gardener holding a staff and nurturing a small plant is set against a backdrop of trees and a clear blue sky.

Junited 2025

I’m delighted to see Robert back blogging on micro blog again. And not only that, he’s once again hosting Junited 2025 in which he’s encouraging us to share links to our favourite blogs and post. Check it out, and join in. Check out my Junited 2025 page for more.

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The last of the daffy dillies … a beautiful glow of vibrant yellow and a tinge of orange.

Bright yellow daffodils with orange centers are clustered together amidst green leaves.

Pretty, pretty. I love this time of year (once the pollen has stopped coating the world yellow). All these beautiful blossoms are out.

A brick house with a wooden deck is partially obscured by a large tree in full bloom, surrounded by lush greenery.

The cherry blossoms are out in full force today, must be the lovely weather we’ve had these last few days.

A cluster of vibrant pink cherry blossom flowers with green leaves is in full bloom on a tree branch.

Finally … one that didn’t get away.

Woodpecker pecking on a tree

Spring might have arrived bringing us green and hay fever, but it also means construction time around the city. And here, too, at the back of our apartment block, and now, out front, across the street.

Six months of noise, dirt, and traffic problems. Lovely!

A construction crane towers over a cityscape with a clear blue sky in the background.

The sun is out, it’s 24 degrees out there this afternoon, so I took a walk around the block to stretch my legs and see what’s going on in my local neighbourhood. And look what I found, right out in front of block six in our apartment complex … Cherry blossoms.

A vibrant tree with pink blossoms stands near a building on a sunny day, with a blue sky above and a sidewalk on the right.

The wood peckers are on crazy time at the moment they are"drilling" down …

woodpecker hole in a tree

Dang, but it’s noisy out there today. What with the gardeners already out buzzing all over the grounds on 4-wheelers. Then throw in the noise from passing planes overhead as we’re right on today’s flightpath into the airport and, well, even the sparrows are having a hard time being heard.

And look, finally some greenery … though it’s this very mother-sucker that’s causing all my hay-fever woes. Will you look at all that tree blossom!

Branches of a tree adorned with abundant yellow flowers or foliage against a clear blue sky.