After a Five Year Wait

I planted this wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox) on September 5, 2010.  For five years, it's been a an unremarkable shrub.  But now for the first time, it's produced a few sweetly fragrant, waxy flowers.  I hope this is a sign for winters to come:

Chimonanthus praecox

Chimonanthus praecox

Chimonanthus praecox

Rain on nasturtium leaf.

Crocus laevigatus ‘Fontenayi’

Crocus imperati

Crocus imperati

Trachelospermum jasminoides 'Tricolor'

Rain on violets.

Moss rose hip.