Heavenly

Remember how I said yesterday that my viburnum carlesii would be blooming later this week? Well it was blooming later last night. I swear, everything is in super time this spring, things blooming so fast it's hard to keep up, as we're just not ready for it.  What will it be like in June, will everything have already bloomed? But my virburnum is heavenly right now, the fragrance is overwhelming and I wish you could push your nose right into one of these pictures and smell the sweet, spicy scent.

Even the birds want to live within

The flowers start pink and open into white florets

Early Morning Walk

Viburnum 'Carlesii'

My viburnum 'carlesii' is getting ready to bloom! Also called the koreanspice viburnum, it has the most amazing fragrance, and because it is right next to the sidewalk in front of my house, people walking by always comment about it. When it is blooming, I can smell it when I walk out of the house. It is covered in buds like these and it should bloom later this week.  I love walking around town and seeing what is happening in other people's yards. After nine months of taking pictures almost every day, it is even more of a miracle this year to see the colors of spring appearing. Even though it hasn't been much of a winter, it was gray and colorless nonetheless and when I see anything starting to show color, I am so excited and I am taking pictures!

Weeping cherry

Pretty daffs

Gillian's yard