At Last

I hesitate to cheer too loudly, for anything can happen with Michigan weather, but I think Spring is finally here! This weekend was beautiful. Spent as much of it as I could outside. Flowers are blooming, birds are chirping ... I feel a song coming on ...

By the way, does anybody know what kind of flower this is? It's on a shrub in my front yard. The shrub is pretty scraggly and unattractive, and I've contemplated uprooting it, but it does give me these flowers for a short time each Spring. I guess it's earned itself a little more time ...

Update: This is apparently a type of magnolia tree! Glad I found that out before I uprooted it!