happy surprises - a rainbow and a fern...........

while watering i made a rainbow...........can you see it?

it was so hard to capture just how beautiful it was

i love ferns - ever since hiking in olympic national park about 15 years ago.....

we have maidenhair fern everywhere here - but they get lost in the brush in our woods

i wanted something different in my garden

this one is a japanese painted fern - and it is taking forever to grow

every year i patiently wait

i thought i killed all three of these ferns last year

actually i thought the sun killed them

i had them under a tree - but not a shady enough one

they are giant ferns - and of course their name escapes me now!

i was so excited when i saw this one alive and well the other day

and today - i found the other 2

every day i find a new surprise in the garden

spring is such a magical time