12. Dandelion

11. Buckthorn

10. Birch Tree

9. Wild Pansies

Crab Apple Tree at Night

8. Gladiolas

Voila Gladiolas

We did not take this picture

7. Rose Bush Leaf Buds

This rose bush has really pretty roses.

More Tulips

6. Ecce Daffodils

5. The Crab Apple Tree- Part 1

The St. Hyacinth Team signing on with a first shot of the crab apple tree in the front yard, more of the same coming as it begins to blossom.

4. Rhododendron (or is it an Azalea?)

3. Apple Tree Leaves And Leaf Buds

These are leaf buds on a apple tree in our yard.

2. Tulip Buds

1. Ornamental Apricot Tree

We compared our pictures with pictures from the internet to find out what it is (some of us thought it was a Ornamental Peach Tree).

Early-early Spring

There are some signs of life starting to creep into our yard, albeit VERY SLOWLY!
Ria captured th is just yesterday.

We've also been enjoying harvesting many gallons (perhaps 12 so far) of maple sap from our huge maple tree in back. We've only made a little syrup (the 40 to 1 ratio doesn't get you very far), but even "maple tea" (boiled down to about 1/3 of its original volume) is very tasty and I think it's supposed to be good for you.