Our New Yard

For those of you not living in the north, we've had a very warm spring (pre-spring, really).

Because we bought the house in the winter, we have little to no idea what may pop up or bloom in our yard. {This may or may not have something to do with our lack of knowledge of botany.}

Thanks to knowledgeable family, we think this will be Iris, and there are quite a few of them.

We've been told this is a Bradford Pear tree which looked like this one day . . .

and like this the next!  (FYI:  the blooms reek!!  We're trying to decide if we want to keep it or not.)

We also have a Weeping Cherry tree.  Can't wait until it's in full bloom.

We have some clean up to do, and we want to add some annuals.  So there may be some photos to come later.