This is my favorite time of the year. Daffodil season is what I live for.

I'm recording where they are bloom and where they aren't so I know where to plant in the fall.

Take a look in the gallery and see if you can identify one of the daffodils, because I can't.

Pansies, daffodils, tulips and more explode with color.

Spring is wonderful!

A blue scilla flower placed on top of a yellow double daffodil makes a wonderful contrast. Photos by Doug Oster

Anyone know what variety this is? I love it!

Double daffodils make me smile.

The day after a rain this pink trumpeted daffodil has mud splashed on its pretty face.

My daffodil hill.

Soft edges of violas.

These pansies will thrive until July when it just gets too hot. Then I'll put shade loving annuals in the container.

Violas in front of the fountain.

Tulips blush, preparing for their show.

We thought we've had bad experiences flying with kids. This is worse. Devorah Pasternak, of Akron, Ohio, sent us a copy of her letter to AirTran about her experience flying from Pittsburgh -- or rather, not flying. She and her 2-year-old twins got kicked off the plane when one twin wouldn't stay seated in her own seat. AirTran's response is after the letter...

Dear AirTran Airways, Customer Relations:

I am writing to inform you of my experience onboard Flight 471 (nonstop from Pittsburgh to Ft. Lauderdale). This flight was to be my first time flying with my twin daughters, Tirtzah and Rivka, who turned two years old in January. I was five months pregnant at the time and did much to prepare to fly with my girls for the first time, including several calls and/or e-mails to AirTran re: regulations, documentation, baby snacks, car seats and other miscellaneous questions. I booked three full priced tickets, given that my girls would be 2 years old, and I was told car seats were optional.

It only took a few years for Glory of Snow to make this colony. Photo by Doug Oster

Sometimes there's a plant that is so carefree and wonderful I want to shout about it from the top of the rooftop.

Chionodoxa forbesii or Glory of Snow is one of those plants.

It's a small bulb planted in the fall that naturalizes easily. It's great to plant with daffodils, both bloom around the same time.

I started with only 15 bulbs a few years ago and now have a great colony of the plant.

Like most small spring bulbs they are only around for a couple of weeks depending on the weather, but they area star when they bloom.

There are several cultivars including another I grow called 'Pink Giant.' I like it, but it's not a tough at forbesii. It's something a little different and will naturalize, not with the fervor of forbesii. Here's a look at some other varieties from Brent and Becky's Bulbs.

Make a note to plant Glory of Snow, you'll enjoy the pretty blue blossoms every spring for decades to come.

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