Cool and rainy day

It was a rainy mostly dark day today but my apricot trees burst into bloom.  Unfortunately, its turned cooler for the next few days and I fear that the cold and wet weather will keep my bees away from these blossoms until the weekend.

We had some thunderstorms tonight that knocked out the power briefly.  Temperatures are in 30s at night for the next few nights then back to 70 in the day on Sunday, so the cold should be short-lived.

The planted flowers aren't the only ones blooming.  These Dutchman's Britches were blooming in the woods along the north side of the yard.

These are among the first woodland flowers that I see and don't last long.

The buds on the plum trees are about to open -- I expect that they will be open tomorrow.