The local personal weather station recorded a grand total of 0.01 inch of rain last night, which is consistent with what I saw. It's actually getting dry here.

It's nice and warm, though, although tonight will probably be chilly.

I ventured across the street again to check on the pink ladyslipper. It's looking really good (so is the poison ivy) and I found a second ladyslipper nearby, next to a seedling Norway spruce I planted there a few years ago. It's not easy finding a place to plant a seedling Norway spruce which is going to get very very big like its parent. This area has a few fallen trees so It was a likely spot with a hole in the canopy for sun to get through.

Pine pollen season is starting now and my car has a yellow patina. That's a rhododendron Anah Kruschke blooming just past the car. I was brushing the pine pollen off the car windows with a microfiber duster, thinking it's a lot like the winter with the snow/ice brush.

The pine pollen highlights spider webs too.

Irises are beginning to bloom now.

Iris 'Wabash'

and Siberian irises.

The rugosa roses are starting, but only a few buds now.

Yankee Lady

My porch steps look inviting with Yankee Lady, the dicentra Gold Heart and geranium macrorrhizum.

Bluebells and white bleeding hearts go well together.

I'm at Houzz's ten photo limit so I'll add another post.

Claire