I don’t always write about food and wine. This post is a celebration of the way Springtime brings the beauty of flowers and wildlife to our bucolic grounds.

Flowers explode all around us. We love when the trees and bushes are in full bloom. Here are the flowers on our Kousa Dogwood tree.

In the front of the house the kitchen windows open to the blossoms of a Mountain Laurel bush.

On the side of the house we have a Crabapple tree. It’s not very attractive most of the year, but it is glorious for one week in the Spring.

This is also the time of year that wild turkeys choose to show off their style to potential mates of the opposite sex. We had a few in the yard recently.

One of my favorite wild visitors is the fox who often trots around our meadow, woods, and stone walls. I like to fantasize that he has a steady diet of squirrels and chipmunks in front of the house, helping to keep these pests under control.