Spring Arriving?

If spring is indeed arriving, it is doing so very slowly.
More May showers bring soggy May flowers?

The tulips are blooming at dad's house.

The daffodils at my place seem to have just decided to skip blooming this year, that or my yard is colder and off to a slower start.  Dad's hostas are heading for 6" tall, while the ones behind my garage are just sprouting.

A sea of very damp violets in dad's front yard.

Like it or not, they'll probably need to get mowed before they are done blooming to avoid the city tall grass police sending a nasty letter and threatening to mow it themselves very badly while charging a hefty fine.  Hopefully the rain will stop long enough tomorrow to get lawns mowed.

For whatever reason the crab apple trees around town are blooming up a storm, while my apple tree at home is just starting to blossom.  Hopefully, the few blossoms it is producing this year will actually manage to get pollinated.  That is assuming that the bees have come out of their winter sleep.  So far I haven't seen any buzzing around the neighborhood.