Easter Flowers of the Fairest

As little kids in a Catholic elementary school we had a springtime ritual where for a few weeks in the mornings we would parade around the class room and bring any kind of flowers we could pick to the Virgin Mary the Queen of Peace and sing "Bring flowers of the fairest, bring flowers of the rarest...", can't remember the rest. Always sort of enjoyed doing that.

Hinckley's Columbine first flower opened this morning for Easter. Easter was very late this year so a lot of flowers have already peaked. But there are still a lot of pretty flowers around.

This beauty on road side. Some years never see an albino Bluebonnet.

St Josephs Lily, an amaryllis planted long ago by the old Muske House. These are common in the area and this was a really good year for them.

Penstemon Cobaea called Foxglove.

With good rains it has been a good year for flowers. Wildflowers like bluebonnets and indian paintbrush were very nice, as well as hugely fragrant flowers like narcissus, wisteria, honeysuckle, star jasmine. My osmanthus fragrans has been blooming since winter, its almost over now. What is missing are petunias but still have hope some may come up.

And a tribute to Momma, the bluebirds and silver-linings are everywhere you look. Just throw your troubles away.