Spring is sprung

Look what was happening in our garden when we looked outside this afternoon! We saw several yellow buds when we got home from church, but these popped out during the brief period of bright sunshine this afternoon.
There were more, and I took a few close up photos, but they turned out blurry because I rushed--there was thunder cracking overhead! So ...

We interrupt this blog to report that the rainstorm has changed to hail with sunshine trying to force its way through the rainclouds. Sounds like Springtime to me!