This is the time of year (in New England, as least) that many of us are really longing for warmer weather, tired of shoveling snow and otherwise being secluded indoors. The following images (from my garden in spring and summer) should provide some welcome relief from the bleakness of winter:

Barren Strawberry

Chives in Bloom

Cranesbills (True Geraniums)

Crocus

Boneset with Fritillary Butterfly

Goat’s Beard with Hostas

Japanese Iris

Lace-cap Hydrangea

New Growth on Variegated Andromeda

Red Velvet Enkianthus with Red Admiral Butterfly

Variegated Solomon’s Seal

Violets in the Lawn

Photos by Alice Webb