unfurling in my backyard 1

it was raining a lot over the past days and then today the sun came out late in the afternoon. nothing could stop me anymore from just going outside and breath the fresh warm air. it smelled of wet soil and growing grass. the scent of all the different shrubs in bloom lay heavy in the breeze. and i loved it and could not get enough.
a few pics of the fern unfurling...
it's every year an amazing sight, and this time since 12 years once more not at the arboretum in jp, but in switzerland. i miss the skunk cabbage...