virginia & virginia bluebells

Today Aislinn & I drove to Reston, Virginia - far side of DC - to see about having an Irish dancing dress custom made. The flowers & the trees are just a bit further along down there than here - maybe by a week or so. It was gloriously full spring. As we approached home, though, we rolled down the windows & delighted in the sweet-smelling, fresh, un-urban air. Then the 2 of us walked & danced around the yard for more than 1/2 an hour, happy to be home, out in the wide-open space. And there in beautiful bloom was the patch of Virginia bluebells.

The Carolina silverbell is just starting to bloom....