Time for Spring

This spring, we discovered a pretty row of small cherry blossom trees in our neighbourhood. Nothing as majestic as those in Tokyo but still, it felt magical just standing under these while a light rain of pink sakura petals drifted down around us.









We had no luck with growing snowdrops again this year in our garden but the hyacinths turned out well.


Purple hyacinths in the park.

One of my favourites from our garden are these delicate grape hyacinths in the most delicious bluish purple.


Colorful primroses from our garden.





Baby daffodils



In a corner of the common yard behind our house stands this magnolia tree. Like the cherry blossoms, these bloom just once a year at the start of spring and are gone all too quickly. The ground is already covered with its voluptuous petals.



Azaleas in various shades of pink.



My little one who is growing up so fast.

Morges Tulip Festival

Back in end April, we visited the nearby town of Morges for its famous annual tulips festival in a park situated on the shores of Lake Geneva. This is where we saw the dahlias in July.



The hundreds of varieties of tulips in neat flowerbeds ran from the palest bridal pinks, cheery sunny yellow, voluptuous reds, bright corals to brooding smoky amethyst.












It has been an extremely rainy spring, causing several of these heavy blooms to bend under their own weight.

































There's simply no better way to spend a leisurely Sunday than enjoying these gifts of nature. Pity we didn't have any luck planting tulips in our own garden this year although we did get some lovely alliums, lupins and irises with the hydrangeas just starting to bud. Hope you have a lovely weekend ahead!