It’s catalpa season in Chicago! Beautiful orchid-like flowers covering the catalpa trees with the unusually large leaves.

Beautiful now, but they’re short-lived blossoms. Soon enough the flowers will be gracefully tumbling down like snow… covering the ground, making a mess & eventually decomposing into a mushy brown mess. So enjoy them now while you can!!!

Along with the beautiful sunrise this morning, there were moments where it look like it had SNOWED along the bike trail?!!! Apparently we’re in cottonwood season with fluffy “snow” falling from the trees all around us… and collecting in little “snow drifts” along the way!!!

Just a little snippet of nature’s beauty this morning. Someone down the street is growing this beautiful clematis up their fence. I don’t really have a good spot to grow a clematis in my “city garden”… so I’ll just have to admire other’s!

Another bright spot this morning… sure, I’m supposed to be setting up for Hinsdale Day Two… was this sunshiny yellow hibiscus that just caught my eye! Stunning in every natural detail.

Another beautiful flowering tree along the lakefront bike trail this morning. Beautiful colors & striking flower formations on the red horsechestnut trees!

More beautiful spring flowers along the lakefront trail today. Cluster of white blossoms on the black locust trees… striking, but sadly not much of a scent.

Fuzzy flowers popping open on dark red leaves. Not quite sure what these little cuties are?… but I’m totally diggin’ their candy-striped showiness before they pop open to a fuzzy flower sphere!

Colorful coleus on my back porch at home… plenty of textures & ruffled edges to celebrate Mother Nature’s TEXTURE TUESDAY. Loving the color contrasts of reds, rusts & chartreuse yellows!

One of the coolest Spring flowers ever…
these fun purple “spheres” of allium stand on tall stems.
Gently swaying in the breeze!

With the cooler weather lately, the lilac blossoms seem to be hanging around a lot longer this year… which I’m totally good with. But quite honestly, I’m ready for the warm weather to come back. I want Summer!!!