What a beautiful time of year with the spring flowers in full bloom and the early summer plants flowering; the fragrant lilac's in their varying shades of mauve, the tulips and daffodils adding bright spots of color in gardens; the sweet pink and white bleeding hearts, and one of my very favorites -peonies. It is such a magical time of year when the earth has said goodbye to winter and sprung forth in the tapestry of rebirth and hope.