FROM INSIDE AND OUT: Aazaleas, rhododendrons, mushrooms?, lillies of the valley

after the rain, a bit of thunder, not lightning, everything looked so bright:

The snow is long gone, the tulips have faded, the summer is coming on too fast..... lots of bright colors (the Cardinal was our winter red friend).

From the dining room:
Shells on the mantel:
Books . . . .

NOW THE OUTSIDE!!

azeleas

new growth, just saw the Christmas Tree stand in the basement!:

rhododendrons
very earthy:
lillies of the valley (what valley?)

Winter, Spring, moving towards the summer. Like some kind of mortality count-down.

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