So purple

The bluebells have just about finished blooming for now. These photos are from two weeks ago.

In the shade

And in the sunshine.

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Los jacintos ya casi terminan de florecer por ahora. Estas dos fotos las saqué hace dos semanas.

1. En la sombra.

2. En el sol.

Busy

 First bee of the season.

On my bluebells

Hurry, hurry! Time's a wasting!

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La primera abeja de la temporada, en mis jacintos de los bosques, muy apurada buscando en cada florecita.

Pink, yellow, white, green. And turtle.

Yesterday it rained. As it does. But for a short while, while it still rained, the sun came out. I did a quick tour of the garden; spring colours are here!

Daffodil in a dark corner

The plum tree is blooming.

Bleeding hearts, Dicentra spectabilis., sprouting in a plastic pot. So pink!

Another daffodil. weighted down with raindrops.

My old turtle, still guarding the flower bed.

He's been in my gardens for many years. He was a pot, but the bottom crumbled, and now he protects a bouquet of bluebells, growing through his base.

More plum blossoms, growing directly out of the trunk.

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Ayer llovió, como suele pasar en esta temporada. Pero por un rato salió el sol sin que dejara de llover. Aproveché para dar una vuelta a mi jardincito, viendo los colores de la primavera.

Hay narcisos, flor de ciruela, corazón sangrante, o sea Dicentra spectabilis, echando sus primeros brotes de un color de rosa mexicana, y por fin, mi vieja tortuga, que hace años era una maceta, pero que ha perdido su fondo, y ahora protege un bouquet de jacintos de los bosques.

In a spring garden with a macro lens

I took my aquarium lens, the one I use to photograph the eyes of my hermit crabs, for a walk around my garden, to see what my old eyes are missing.

Alyssum. 

Apple blossoms. Looks like there'll be a good crop this year.

The holly tree.

I had never noticed the holly flowers before; they're tiny, and the holly sheds sharp-thorned leaves into the grass to puncture my toes, so I've kept my distance. The flowers are almost waxy and each clump has one of those upright sprigs growing from the center.

I'm not sure what this is. I bought the pot full of buds at a garage sale. I like the papery bud wraps.

A bowlful of pink flowers and white crepe paper.

Wild bluebells. And pink bluebells.

The genus is Hyacinthoides, meaning "like hyacinth". Except that they don't have the strong fragrance of hyacinths. These are possibly H. hispanica, the Spanish bluebell.

Araneus diadematus. Not a flower, but a bright point in the garden.