Spring days, part 2

It's said that persistent weather patterns have become more common, and indeed, once more, cool and rainy weather has been stuck over us for weeks. Spring advances very slowly. These are my first tulip buds... they have looked like this for days and days:

Fortunately there are young leaves to admire.

Leaflets of Sorbus aucuparia are covered in grey-silvery hairs after sprouting. They look like skeins of wool:

According to Wikipedia, the young leaflets of a rowan smell like marzipan when brayed. Of course I needed to try... Well, I felt only a fresh, green smell.

The young leaves of Sorbaria look pretty:

A Spiraea is wearing her tiara...

I've learnt only recently that Rhodiola rosea is dioecious – it has separate female and male plants.

My ‘Tête-a-tête’ daffs look like this, not very happy:

Oxalis acetosella

Gavia arctica

Yes, perhaps the name of this blog should be "My Arctic Woodland Garden" or something. :) 

May should mean spring, but can you really speak of spring, if there aren't any flowers yet? 

For the mosaics of this week, I have chosen flower photos taken last year. Wild flowers blooming in early June...

... and some shopping done in a nursery.

Happy Mosaic Monday!

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Spring days

Hello all! Here are some glimpses of the past few days.

Ribes glandulosum  -  Aquilegia vulgaris  -  "A grandmother's plant". If you know it's name, do let me know.  -  Moss green  -  I ♥ lupins  -  2 x Cygnus cygnus  -  Interesting clouds  -  They bring rain -  Wet branches, contrast added  -  Leaf buds of Malus 'Makamik'  -  Mother's Day is a Flag Day in Finland  - The Great Lupin Eater  -  Caltha palustris  -  Cheating. This photo is from the last year. The birch leaves are not unfolding yet.

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Old photos, old hues

Happy new week to everyone!

Browsing through my photo files, I came across this group of old, scanned photos. The colours are a little bit strange, but I decided not to worry - on the contrary, I enhanced the tones to create a slightly old-fashioned effect.

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at Lavender Cottage Gardening.

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Tomorrow I will post lots of photos taken in these days. Spring seems to have come rather early in Southern and Western Finland, but here in Eastern Finland it's late... It'll probably be short. So let's make the most of it! Today the weather is chilly and it's raining again, but my day hasn't been useless: I have planted a tree...

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Five photos for Friday

It's Friday and I have five photos from the past week to share with you. Do visit Amy at Love Made My Home for other Five on Friday posts!

This is a white wagtail (Motacilla alba). According to an old and perhaps outdated Finnish proverb (you can read it in this post), when the wagtails have arrived, summer is just around the corner. Many species seem to be migrating earlier than before, perhaps because of the climatic changes.

I'm linking this post also with Saturday's Critters at Viewing nature with Eileen.

Summer is still far away. There isn't much green yet...

... but if you look from the right angle, the lawn starts to look green in the evening sun.

Some of the lupins have their young leaves completely purple-coloured, some are green with purple edges.

And now... garden-stakes-on-buckets drum roll, please... This is my first spring flower, a Crocus 'Vanguard'! It was supposed to have a brighter, more reddish, two-toned flower... oh, ok, it's very pretty anyway!

Have a lovely weekend!

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May

I have planted some pansies in pots...

... and then I take lots of photos of them in all the lighting conditions.

They are so pretty!

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at

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This wasn't meant to be a very long post, but because yesterday (Sunday) was here the joyous Thaw Day, I decided to add some photos taken along the lake-shore. "Our" lake generally thaws in the last weeks of April or the first weeks of May.

Spring is finally arriving!

Our spring weather is very variable.  By the time the lake was completely clear of ice, it was raining again, and I moved indoors with my camera.  In the home, it's easier to find something green...

Cherry tomato 'Sungold'

Outside, the tulips are slowly getting taller...

... and they are right being prudent. This morning (Monday) we were again greeted by the snow fallen during the night.

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“Woods and Groves, are of thy dressing,

Hill and Dale, doth boast thy blessing.

Thus we salute thee with our early Song,

And welcom thee, and wish thee long.”

from Milton’s “Song On May Morning”

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