Spring is on its way to our Zone6a Lot. Bulbs I planted in Fall 2015 have broken through the ground. Birds visiting our feeders only during migration, like junco, bluejay, and black-capped chickadees have been singing. I saw my first robin last Wednesday. I heard the first flock of Canadian geese flew through yesterday… but on to the blooms!

Bloom Day is a meme among garden bloggers around the world. We share photos of what’s blooming in our gardens over at May Dreams Gardens. I agree with the hostess Carol that Spring seems a touch earlier than recent years. Looking back through my photos, March of 2012 was the most recent Spring similar to the behavior of this year.

First on the Lot are the little snowdrops we added after the Other Half took a liking to them. Over the years they have multiplied. I like the look of snowdrops more when they appear in larger groups.

And then are the crocus, a floral harbinger of Spring. They always sprout up first on the east side of the house along the foundation. The yellow versions appear, shortly followed by the purple and striped versions.

Here are the winter aconite planted last Fall. Again, the smaller the bloom, the better they seem to look in larger groups.! I also chose to plant them closer to the walkway where the snow would melt first and we could enjoy them on our way between the garage and house. I love this photo of the delicate flowers pushing up and aside chunks of soil

I noticed like the crocus, the aconite only open up when they can turn up toward a shining sun.

While photographing the blooms, I heard an insect buzzing around for pollen. Upon closer inspection I found a fly! I wonder how many other early Spring-blooming plants rely on flies for pollination since the bees have not emerged yet. Here is a photo of it wading around within the bloom. It had pollen stuck all over its body.

So those are all the blooms for the Lot, but I wanted to make a note of the emerging lenten rose. I’ve trimmed back all the old growth from last season to allow room for this new growth.

And finally, I snapped this photo as another bookmark on where the Lot is in its growth for this year. Daffodils are the next flower up, and these are well on their way. Collapsed around it are the old seedheads of sedum, one of the last plants to bloom in the Fall.