A Garden Walk

I am not going to sit here and apologize for not having written. April was too busy for me to care to review it here. Thus, I'm going to take you on a nature walk about Lund. We have had such a lovely spring here, all early blooming and such (typical blooming is later in May and June, not April).

When you first walk outside of our apartment complex, you are greeted with these fantastic pink tulips. They remind me of a cross of roses and peonies, but everything else screams tulips!

As you continue into our courtyard, there is such a breathtaking array of flowers. So many tulip clusters and the flowering trees! So much colour, and the fragrance. I really cannot begin to describe the awesome perfume in the air. It's all around town and Lund, these beautiful trees, we'll see some more in a bit. Purple tulips, White tulips, Red tulips, Yellow tulips surrounded by a too cute blue flower ground cover... Tiny bluish purple flower bunches, yellow flowers I don't know the name of with too beautiful dark green foliage to compliment.

Even in the cracks along and in the paved brick paths are little flowering "weeds" with too cool little bluish flowers amidst a great effort of green inviting. I guess it's all the colour they add... yes, even foliage. I tell you, even the weeds look cute and dandelions and these tiny daisy looking ones the are just as everywhere as the dandelions.

The yard is filled with these pink trees and I've got a photo here of a white one with the pink in the background. So so stunning! And to see some of these amazing flowers up close, here's a second photo. I am quite overwhelmed this spring by the gorgeous season here. I don't think I've ever seen such a colourful and fragrant spring ever in the Chicago suburbs. I don't know if these lovely trees don't grow well there or what! But I guess there, you'll have a much prettier autumn. The colours are drab an unimpressive here in that season.

As we leave this impressive sanctuary where people bring their children to play, or just sunbathe and take a stroll through it, we are graced with other unique and beautiful patches of spring bulbs. I missed taking pictures of the crocuses, but here's a cool blend of dafodils and tulips. And this red and yellow tulip? I don't know what it's called. But I've nick-named it a flame tulip. This one appears in a few random home gardens. I've even come accross a couple other striking varieties.

Ah, as we walk into town, our noses are slammed with a crazy amount of fragrance. Thanks to these 2 varieties of purple flowering trees. There's also pink ones and magnolias. My goodness, I've never seen those up close before. So so beautiful. I really like those. These white blossoms appear in almost all the parks. They've since turned a burnt pink as they've matured and are probably dying out. These trees are so huge and immense that these hover above my head around 6 ft "low" and these are at the very bottom. These trees are so high, I really cannot estimate how tall they are. So lovely.

And this last photo is something I saw alongside a shop's planter of flowers. I've never seen it before either and found it beyond stunning. The sort of geometric nature to it. Bright white on top and a deep purple on the underside. Way too cool.

Now you see what I'm in awe by this spring. It's really been beautiful and I'm really glad and I think, lucky to have seen it and been a part of its enjoyment and beauty. When I'm walking and riding from place to place, I just take it a bit more calm these recent days to enjoy and smell the flowers. Really enchanting, I tell you.