Tag: spring
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Daffodil Days
It’s been a wet Spring – some sun was out this day. The daffodils were happy! OK the ones down below were not as happy – the wind was crazy, and turning them all in the wrong direction. Note – these were not my flowers – they are planted at a local church.
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Andromeda
Nope, not the galaxy. Just the shrub – having a stellar bloom this year. Last year, there was a brutal freeze that froze all the flower buds, and spring never seemed to arrive without these. Admittedly the photo above is a “stylized” photo from Google. The original is: And since there’s a galaxy that shares…
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Winter Shows Up
And the flowers are not pleased. Because Winter already ended! Silly Winter. We could have used much more of this stuff for the last few months. Not in April. Go home, Winter!
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Winter what?
There was barely a Winter this year, but here’s a bunch of ice in Spring.. sure. Blame El Nino. Or, just humans wrecking the planet.
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Crusty Hyacinth
A rather unimpressive winter is making a slow exit. Spring is emerging and ice is still falling. Note that this is 3/23 – as I post this on 4/5, there is still some wet snow floating around. None of it ever impressive.. just enough to be sloppy. Also cool from this day – looking up:
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The first forsythia
Well, back on 3/20 it was. As you read this they are popping open all over the place.
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Crocus time
First blooms in the garden here are part of a fairly large blanket of crocuses. Quite a few are in the yard as well – quite a harmless invader to the lawn.
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Winter just isn’t what it used to be
Many spring plants are starting to pop up around here. Read up on this, and as you’d expect, the culprit is our erratic ‘new’ winters – no slow and steady drop in temperatures – things are all over the board from November to March. Plants don’t tell time – they just start coming up when…