O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

Spring is well entrenched in the Cambridge, MA area, after some fits and starts (and a LOT of rain and pollen!)

We've gone from the first crocuses to daffodils. . .

From rhododendrons to magnolias. . .

From tulips to irises. . .

From violets to honeysuckle to purple puffs. . .

And today, the first spiderwort (an awful name for a pretty little flower!)

What a difference a week makes!

Many communities around the United States embrace this saying: "If you don't like the weather, wait a minute." It's never more true than in New England in the springtime! In two weeks time, we've run the gamut temperature-wise, between 40 and 93 degrees, once in 24 hours time! It's the first time we have had the heat on in May. That said, the April showers have done their thing and flowers and vegetation are bursting out all over. Paris may be most beautiful in the spring, but Cambridge is pretty close!

Can you tell I'm getting into the macro option in my camera?

Lilac Sunday at Arnold Arboretum is coming up, and the lilacs are beginning to emerge from winter's gloom in preparation.