The Peonies are taking center stage in our garden. The second Peony bush came into bloom over the weekend with blossoms opening up bigger and bigger throughout the day. With rain in the forecast I decided to cut some for inside ♥
Our front garden looks like a little Quilt of Mille-fleurs. Each little square a different colour ...
Pink & white Honeysuckle with variegated leaves...
Orange honeysuckle with deep emerald green leaves...
pale pink Peony...
deep rich pink Peony...
pink and white impatient...
salmon pink impatient...
and Red Geraniums
We woke this morning to find these gorgeous Peony blooms...
What a surprise!
A great big pop of pale Pink...
Enough to be able to snip a few for inside...
Knowing that the other Peony which has yet to bloom will follow...
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As soon as we open the front door we are met with a big splash of purple thanks to the Clematis growing along the arbour in front of our porch.
The peony buds are just about to open up ...
Lots of rain and the warmth of this past long weekend have helped the garden...
This past Victoria Day weekend was spent planting up pots, baskets urns. 
Sweet Ernie LOVES being in the garden (especially in the shade)! Sitting under the leaves of the Honey suckle vine was a favourite resting spot.
A garden pond has been on my "Garden Wish List" for years, and two weekends ago I found one at a garage sale for $30.00 :-)
It's only just in the ground and already the birds are enjoying it :-)
Had to take a photo of Ernie's (digging) nose :-)
And remember the photo of the Robin sitting on the fence I posted a few days ago? She is now building a nest in the Trumpet Vine above where she is standing :-) So we won't be using that gate for a while. I have the perfect "birds eye" view looking down from my Studio window though so hopefully I will be able to get a few photos ♥
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We've had a lot of rain recently and the changes in the garden have been huge.
There's lots of white blooms in our garden at the moment ...
and Bleeding Heart ...
Lily-of-the-Valley ... 
And Robin cheerfully greeting the day :-)
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A few weeks ago, while heading to the park with Ernie, camera over my shoulder, I stopped to take some photos of the Purple Sand Cherry in our front garden.
It had recently bloomed and the branches looked so pretty poking through the pickets of our garden fence. I love the way it looks in the Early Spring, full of little pink flowers. The foliage is reddish/purple now but will change to a rich blackish purple closer to Fall which I adore.
Over the weekend we had some heavy winds and petals are all over our pathway like pink confetti :-)
Some of the "pretty pinks" from my Mother's Day bouquet ♥
The sweetest sounds to mortals given
Our Lilac bush is in bloom and the smell is intoxicating! 
Usually for the few weeks it is in bloom, I have enough blooms to bring indoors & place in vases.
And that one little bloom has brightened & scented the entire kitchen :-)
I want to have a little housewith sunlight on the floor.
A chimney with a rosy hearth
and lilacs by the door.
With windows looking east and west
and a crooked apple tree.
And room beside the garden fence
for hollyhocks to be!
~Byrd Turner~
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