PRESS PHOTO BY JIM MARSH Bluebells or grape hyacinths are in full bloom April 10 at Lock Ridge Park in Alburtis. One Alburtis resident who lives near the park, and is a longtime observer of the annual blossoming event, described it as a “good bloom, after a disappointing year in 2020.” Additional photos appear on Page A2.

Hub Wilson, a longtime Allentown professional photographer, who several years ago also took up painting, records his impression of this year's bluebell bloom at Lock Ridge Park in Alburtis April 10.

PRESS PHOTOS BY JIM MARSH Photographers with expensive equipment as well as phone cameras abound at Lock Ridge Park for the annual bloom event.

People flock to Alburtis for the annual event at Lock Ridge Park. Those who live in the area call the blooms bluebells but others say the field of blue is grape hyacinths.