Sylvia has just returned from a stay with her father.  Last week, while she was there, she told me that her cell phone’s battery was nearly flat.  She had left the charger here at home.  She also wanted a couple of other things.  I offered to take the items to her.

While I was at her dad’s, I took some time for a stroll around the house.  With camera in hand, I went in search of . . .

hyacinth.  I found some growing in the lawn near the driveway.  Aren’t they lovely?

As I shot that photo, I saw a tulip blossoming in the ditch beside the road.  The tulips at home would open the next day.

From the ditch, I walked to the back side of the house.  On that side, there is a pergola that is covered in wisteria.  Our friend Vanilla had posted a photo of his wisteria in full blossom.  This far north, it takes longer for those blossoms to develop.

I activated the camera’s flash to provide light on the back-lit scene.  I was rewarded with an interesting effect.