The bees are loving the purple coneflowers (Echinacea Purpurea) in our Minnesota perennial wildflower patch. #Summer #Garden #Flowers

First Shasta Daisy & Calendula in the garden for summer perennial flower blossoms.

Heading to 90° in the Sun for #Minneapolis. Bed linen hanging out to dry. Just like summer. (:-) #Sunshine #Linen #Laundry #Midwest #MidwestMindset

Red maple leaves in Spring glow orange in the sun. Someday they’ll go green.

Daffodils just glow in morning sun. #Spring

Our Red Maple leaves will turn green in a few weeks, then wait until autumn to turn red again.

Just Daffodils

Snow melting into spring turf, Minneapolis, April19, 2026.

Our first tulip on the sunny street corner has bloomed to be admired by hundreds of dog walkers and baby strollers today.

Tulips will be blooming soon, and in Minnesota snow might be falling soon too! Our temperatures recently have ranged between freezing and 80°. Not unusual from late March into April, but more and more seems #ClimateChange extremes are happening around planet Earth.

It’s so cold these frozen April nights in Minnesota that Woodstock even visits!

Junko #birds at our feeder are puffed up with extra downy feathers. Stylin' with their hip #Puffer look. Image by The Perfect Shot © CC BY-NC-ND 2.0