Flowers ,Trees & Plants

This is an old tree... much of it is dead.. but there IS still life. Last year it set 8 Peaches.. the Racoons got them... but that is ok.. the blossom is enough for me. EXPLORED !

The ground is covered with these tiny 1/4 inch gems at the moment. EXPLORED

This old tree only flowers and bears fruit every other year. The pears are big and juicy and are wonderful dessert pears. Hoping the blossom sets and there is a crop this year.

First Bee pic of the year ! EXPLORED !

And the 2nd bee of the year is ...! Very surprised to see these this early.... but everything seems to be trying to make up for the long Winter...

Redbuds are the Oklahoma State Tree. They grow wild in the woodlands and this time of year(generally every other year) the woods get a pinky red haze of the flowering trees scattered in them. Its a brittle wood.. the trees dont have pretty shapes or live long lives. But... whilst they do.. they are beautiful . This is a wild sown one in the garden probably 15-20 years old. EXPLORED !

Her Spring Dress 19-4-2014 This is the second of 4 eventual seasonal photos of her This Cottonwood is around 80-100 years old and is huge ..... probably 90 -100 feet tall..... and is growing about 2 miles away and I love her. She has an amazingly charmed life because most trees in this State are ice damaged... and she is barely touched. I have wanted to take a "Four Seasons" of her.. This is her Spring Dress. Her Winter one is in the photo Note (top Right)

The first... and we are expecting severe storms and possible large hail and tornadic conditions this weekend... taking a photo.. just in case !

To think.. I never used to like Iris's much !!! EXPLORED !

Sadly with the high winds we've had these beauties often just lasted just a day. To think I used not to like Irises much ! EXPLORED !

Sadly with the high winds we've had these beauties often just lasted just a day. To think I used not to like Irises much !

We had a 5 minute rain shower... very precious ! EXPLORED !

This little one was absolutely loaded with pollen ! EXPLORED !

The Sunnies are starting to bloom !!! They are my butterfly and bug attractors ! AND one of the few plants that ignores drought ! EXPLORED !

After a rare shower of rain.... EXPLORED !

After a rare shower of rain.... EXPLORED !

The first beautiful Queen of The Night this year. Much prized by the Shaman's .. a potent plant. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura_inoxia

These little horrors "farm" the Cacti and suck the life out of them to almost... but not quite... death. They leave enough for it to grow the next year ! EXPLORED !