Sprummer

It's like time-lapse photography, the way all the spring bloom is compressed into the last 10 days.  Here are some emerging Peony sprouts that soon will become gorgeous red Paeonia lactiflora 'Scarlet O'Hara.'  Which I got on clearance at Home Depot in 2006. 

It's a knockout!!  It will look like this in .. well, who knows?  Usually it's May.

And, not to be outdone, the Redbud is going for broke.

Now.. I hope all these plants finish their bloom before the inevitable terrible storm, which we usually get on Memorial Day, or thereabouts, but this year Claytonia says should happen about April 15th, judging by our weird season.

So - enjoy!  These plants remind us to carpe diem, or at least carpe camera and preserve the loveliness.