Just for Jennie - Signs of Spring

Jennie viewed the blog and commented on how cold it looks in all the pictures. But looks are deceiving. Signs of spring are everywhere, Jen, and here are a few photos just for you! This is the big tree in our side yard. We noticed it beginning to bud about a week ago. Soon it will be green and leafy.

Lots of daffodils surround the Thomas Whitt Woolsey Williams and Sally Bucknor house on Manville Road. They are ancestors of ours.

This forsythia is blooming in our yard on a little bush beside the stone grill. It's been blooming all week.

I wasn't observant enough last year to notice just what kind of tree this is - I think it might be apple. It's alongside Odas Qualls' driveway just across from our house. See the honeybee? If the bees are out, it really must be spring.

The periwinkle is in bloom, too, and this is on Odas' bank. We can see this carpet of blue from our porch.

The picture below I took because of the contrast between the vibrant green and grey stone. I'm not sure what this is either....I guess I need to buy a good gardening book! Anyway, this is right off of our front porch. These last two pictures were taken at the same place as the Williams house above. The daffodils have been blooming for several weeks now, but this is the first I've stopped to take pictures. The barn below is one of the prettiest we've seen. It belongs to Rayford Pendleton, another cousin, and is just opposite the Williams house.

It was in the high 50's today and we barely needed jackets. Spring has really arrived here in Virginia. Don't worry, Jennie, it's on the way to Pennsylvania, too.