Spring rain, a pre-snow gallery

I can't resist flowers and raindrops. They attract most garden shooters. As always, many of the photos are extreme close-ups, my favorites.

Call it a cliche, but the spring garden covered in soft rain is the perfect subject to me. Especially if tomorrow it's covered in four inches of snow...we'll see.

Spring pansy in the rain. Photos by Doug Oster

The buds of the remaining 'Dick Wilden' are closed up tight during the cool rainy weather.

Tulip 'Bluberry Ripple' is a show stopper.

A Spring Snowflake (Leucojum vernum) Holds on to a droplet of rain.

Another pansy in the rain.

White rain, a tulip waits for snow.

Pansies under 'Redbor' kale.

A fat hosta leaf holding onto droplets of rain.