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Along the hedge these beauties blossom.
(you can see them better if you click on the photographs.)
I don't know what they are, but my ex called them 'Wind Flowers'. I still call them that.
These are definitely tulips...![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqF5N9rr6G_6uDgqfVe14VvUrd8Jq0q4U6uZGzvKbxo76ljbSZl69Lmk8QaKn1IrhcKDoxFjeuRC3Qxzqe6lHkV_lEPJqGlQgBPjwThzOOy7hktwNzdbbEYQD3gF3jCc5Hip7/s200/Wood+pile+and+flowers+007.jpg)
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Busy stuff,
buzzy stuff![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDsleypD7LJnB-m5Ma-qaxwEnFEohcLb5QDO76L5KKeXsx6p3MK6NiOWM23BHSoED7rDlexfMEML3IJhFnCyjDkG_Ss83nyNo660SZa8oNg2OV-XaPpdT9ZwOenooJDo_EJrj/s200/Spring+flowers+2008+008.jpg)
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It seems that the blue attracts
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A crocus opens to the sun
Yellow is also a big part in April.
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Daffodils appear for a few short weeks.
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Dazzling!
Text and photographs Copyright 2008 David H. Roche
These are definitely tulips...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqF5N9rr6G_6uDgqfVe14VvUrd8Jq0q4U6uZGzvKbxo76ljbSZl69Lmk8QaKn1IrhcKDoxFjeuRC3Qxzqe6lHkV_lEPJqGlQgBPjwThzOOy7hktwNzdbbEYQD3gF3jCc5Hip7/s200/Wood+pile+and+flowers+007.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndOTdoZ0wrhOyPjegYw-fKJ55b0yRKFgHjiuhn6NlpfDnbnV-HZ_7Z_YIs-P_eyeEVzZuDrCnlcOfz66hd2fghc-Yqv8gmXItdsAbTneXBLMNvBVj3Hoiagp4_JGVABhXe0RQ/s200/Wood+pile+and+flowers+006.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQALT3_cTwtDAZOOUouX5TUFoYjvNEsNLYT4jbLOaNVmPQig06kIZBWk3piclkAbQnftL1NqEepasWgL41gTdwBEPJX1MMlhZPR7aChzL73aopiFA_fC9oXxP61GG23NN0zE8N/s200/April+flowers+004.jpg)
Busy stuff,
buzzy stuff
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSGwG7SaovkDyaYtbNFLi_Hrq5HS916SUk3Fdc_OXa5eLF26FdRLng6j4D_jhyphenhyphenuO-flWxcPodIMuoKHkSfxkRBstTHocBndeOu8Ud9BAkdVaMEBMz6DaksDkzRHmCwVNpFi7b/s200/Spring+flowers+2008+013.jpg)
It seems that the blue attracts
more attention than the white
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7PnmLsKUNecQZKE3grMtvsBFeNpTfJVsP1hyphenhyphenA7xhFRLMiB1u4FxJle8q1OnxHOgDxBxYkF2p2Udxr7aJtX9WfcStgo-PRP3BOXTwjw9WkKgLhD3gvUraORyl54xkE_-kRdTR/s200/Spring+flowers+2008+012.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8v7Y78OCwAe6laDUstAZ4WyOzHyIhQ4yRt_9rKHNC0u-v05APTO1W2yubrZkN9td4v9Ss6SGQzilU1tMkZSlRMyMeWiiRKBV3ilvz3Ur0TkmqCVBI6r2f7dul9zVBpWb2jfVc/s200/Spring+flowers+2008+018.jpg)
A crocus opens to the sun
Yellow is also a big part in April.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9XlzxyOw7kWQUi7xxlu5oAeDuAhtW31EAC8rAQCi4lgYg37ghRE9m_DlASoDaLeMxnVkwsEl-Fiir2eBQKUxxzBzZAKc6SjlNfalKtcnN4i2Uu5owqofP74YBXaSc6gilu6a/s200/Spring+flowers+2008+028.jpg)
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Dazzling!
Text and photographs Copyright 2008 David H. Roche