April 22 - Spring!

April is a splendid time to visit BC’s beautiful Okanagan Valley. Spring is in the air and if you stand still you can almost hear the season come to life.  The grass grows greener with every hour that passes and the fruit blossoms fairly burst forth from previously bare brown branches. Scattered in neighbourhood gardens, brilliant tulips and daffodils paint colour into the landscape. The birds chatter, the bees hum and small clouds of aphids float on gentle puffs of the breeze. I’m not so keen on the latter but I totally enjoy the sounds and scents of the other signs of springtime.

Lyle took the two pictures below. The first is of a mass of white blossoms with a perfect blue sky in the background. These blossoms were too far away in the distance for me to see, but Lyle took the second picture in our parking lot. This tree had a mass of pink blossoms and I could even reach out to touch the soft petals. Spring is definitely my favourite season. 

 

tree with white blossoms

tree with pick blossoms