April showers bring....April flowers

I don't know if there will be any flowers left by May, but April is sure bursting into bloom! 

 It has been a very fast spring blooming season this year.

 I walked around the yard looking to see what was out already.  The small flag irises are blooming.  I have more greenery than flowers....they really need to be dug up and about half of them thrown away!  I find it so hard to throw away plants.  These iris are more like "weeds" than anything else, but I do like their flowers.  

 The Crane's Bill geraniums are blooming.

 My irises have taken a beating from the spring rain and winds and most are lying on the ground.  These are actually trying to get to more sunlight.  I have them in a rather shady corner next to the garage.  I just threw the roots on the ground there one year and they begin to grow and seem very hardy.

My one white iris is particularly tall and last night's winds brought it down.  I need to stake it up.

 The Mock Orange bushes are just beginning to bloom.

 I put some pansies in a pot by the front door.  I always like the short cool time when pansies are really happy with the weather before the heat sets in for the summer.

 My Peonies are also a victim of the wind and rain.  Lying on the deck, they still look pretty.

 I like the bits of red at the heart of the white ones.

I used to love the dark reddish ones, but now the white one has become my favorite.

The Rhododendron bushes are blooming.  I like rhododendrons better than their "cousins", the azaleas, because of the individual flowers with more green around them to make them stand out.....as opposed to the concentrated blooms on the azaleas.  But both are beautiful in the spring!

 Later on I will have a pale pink one blooming.  It is slower than these darker pinks.

 April showers also bring......April worms!  

The worms must be lying thick on the ground!  This Robin was collecting huge mouthfuls with little work.

 Taking them home to its mate maybe?

I have lots of birds around, but don't seem to get too many photos these days.