Spring snow and spring flowers

I don't think the late snow and our early flowers was a good mix.

The forsythia look brown rather than bright yellow today. I haven't been able to get out into the muddy yard yet to see how other budding trees/shrubs fared. I guess overall I would rather have the snow than the forsythia, since we need the moisture so badly.


Our forsythia still looking bright yellow after the snow fell yesterday:



Our fern bush covered with snow:


This picture of snow on a fruit tree in blossom was taken in the Acequia Madre district of Santa Fe near downtown:

Bloomin' New Mexico

(Picture taken near Pecos, New Mexico - unidentified flower at the roadside)

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We have never been in New Mexico in August before. So we were unprepared for what the July monsoon season brought: flowers and bushes in brilliant bloom!

We have many things we can identify and some we cannot.

Our Russian sage is in full brilliant purple bloom and attracting hummingbirds.

Butterflies are coming to our fern bush and butterfly bush.

Something called a Blue Spirea is about to burst into bloom in our courtyard.

There are other flowers here which I cannot identify as I never saw them before in Kansas.

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(Fern bush in our yard)

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(Russian sage in our yard)

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