North vs. South & What's Bloomin'

I suppose all directions have their benefit. North is calmer and shadier than the south; east is sunny in the mornings and shady in the evenings; west is just the opposite, but has a bit more sun; and south is very sunny, and (here at least) very windy. Wild, is what comes to mind.

Our house faces east. We've had a few houses that have faced east, and one that faced west, and one that faced south. Never had a problem with any of those directions, to be honest. Mostly because the landscaping was either not done at all, or done for a shady spot due to all the trees in the front yard.

Here, there are few trees (okay, a lot of trees, but most of them are very young and small). So my east-facing front yard has a lot of sun in the morning. The main approach to the house is from the north.

And the problem is: all my flowers in the front yard turn their heads to the south. This is what you see from the house or when you turn onto our road:

The backs of little daffodil heads. Kind of like my kids - they're always looking away from me to what they'd rather be listening to/seeing/doing. Maybe I should erect a huge florescent light to counter the sun?

Just kidding. I will, however, need to rethink my landscaping.

At any rate, here's what's blooming this week...even though this morning we had snow (it had already melted by the time I took this picture):

Lovely grape hyacinths. Here's hoping for more in the next week...maybe even a few looking the right direction?