Spring blooms, brick walkway wash out

Pretty  nice day today, though overcast. Warm enough to enjoy outside...a nice change in the weather. The spot of warmth has brought out some flowers, so finally the spring bloom has started in earnest here on the water. Spring holds out here until the very last moment, then it pops. These are today's blooms around the garden, an interesting collection of random color.

 This turns out to be a nice accidental garden combination. I love it when I hit the jackpot by finding a complementary grouping of simultaneous color. Phlox sublata, also known as Mountain Pinks, are backed up by some fine healthy mint that smells great when I brush by it. They set each other off very nicely.

A very dominating plant here, this bulb just takes over a space and doesn't yield to any other plants. I know this as Star of Bethlehem, even though it is a cinch to grow it sure does perk the garden up with a bright white sprinkle of star like blooms. I should have included a photo of it next to the Grape Hyacinths, that too is a winning combination.

I have no idea where this white Iris came from. I am losing my mind, so anything is possible. I somehow vaguely remember begging a piece off of someone, but for the life of me I can not remember who! It has never bloomed here before so I must have planted it last year.

Purple is my color, so this Redbud is my kind of tree. The shock of this color is super! I don't think it is obvious in this photo, but the bees are so busy on this tree they just ignore me when I am in that area. This tree is a winner that returns every year to start the cascade of spring blooming. Sure I have some pears and apple trees blooming with some pretty heads of white color,but this has them beat.

My walkway did not fare the big storm unscathed Saturday.  It must have created a giant sluice because a bunch of the sand washed out. There is the possiblity that this deformed brick caused all the trouble. It's irregular edges must create a "rapids" of sorts which chewed out the sand packed in between the bricks to hold them in place. I am going to have to give it some thought, or just throw in the towel and replace that brick with another, transposing their positions, so this doesn't happen again.