Some amazing tulips blooming in my friend Nancy’s garden! They’re like double tulips… almost looking like small peony flowers on a tulip stem?! You gotta love Spring… Spring flowers… and Mother Nature!

More beautiful Spring flowers… enjoying the fragrance & bright whiteness of these crabapple tree blossoms! Beautiful when fully in bloom… but also fun when the petals start to fall and it looks like it’s snowing!

But on the other hand… THIS is never a good sign!
Pedaling along, minding my own business… and then you come upon this! Apparently it got a bit windy last night?!… which didn’t bode well for this tree that had apparently become hollowed out over the years.

After last night’s Pink Super Moon… it was nice to see it still hanging around this morning! Sunrise on one side, moon on the other. Either way you looked… it was pretty darn cool.

One of my favorite Springtime trees… a beautiful Redbud tree blooming in the forest preserve. Graceful branches covered with bright pink flowers! A beautiful contrast to the brown forest as the spring leaves are just starting to pop out there!

Fragrant white blossoms on a local red plum tree are always a welcome sight in the neighborhood. Beautiful flowers with colorful accents & leaves… with a sweet intoxicating aroma that wafts through when you walk by!

Some beautiful spring flowers gracefully dancing in front of the one of my stamped & soda-fired totem poles down in Central Illinois… is there such a thing as #TotemPoleTuesday?!

And sure, there may have been a bit of April snow this morning…
but it looks like Spring is still holding strong!

Gracefully arching branches of Solomon’s Seal blooming with tiny little flowers hanging below the variegated leaves. I have a few in my front yard, but they have yet to pop-up… whereas these beauties are a bit advanced in a sunny place along a south-facing brick wall.

With some cool weather over the past couple days, it seems like the spring flowers are hanging on a bit longer than normal… like these beautiful azaleas that have been blooming for a couple weeks now!

And still looking good!

Turns out the night-time shadows were created by the flowering crabapple tree on the corner by Lillstreet. Apparently the clear skies & moonlight, along with the streetlight, were bright enough to illuminate these flowers for an evening “photo shoot” of some beautiful & fragrant spring blossoms.