It was so wet from all the rain this morning. I had fun taking these pictures.

Spring is Here??

Wow, it got up to 68 degrees this afternoon! Problem with that was the wind was blowing 40 miles per hour (resulting in a wind advisory) so it wasn't very nice to be outside. On the plus side, the wind does really help to dry things up. I am hoping that it will dry the ground out enough to get some early garden planted before long! Unfortunately, it sounds like rain is in the forecast starting Wednesday evening thru Friday.......

I went outside to see how my spring flowers were coming. I have some dafodills with fat buds. One even appeared to have tried to open a bit but looked like the frost had damaged it. We had a really heavy frost yesterday morning. The wind was blowing so much that the little purple flowers were about impossible to get still enough for a picture. There is some blur in this one, but it was the best of the lot!

Signs of Spring!

I took my camera and went for a walk around my place. I found a few signs of spring! It was about 55 degrees this afternoon, but the wind was gusting over 30 miles per hour so that made it pretty chilly.

The little pink flower is the only creeping phlox that is blooming out of all the phlox I have....wonder why it is blooming so much earlier than the rest? The violas really winter over pretty good. I often find them blooming during the winter in protected places but this winter was a bit hard on them. It was good to find some daffodils coming up. There should be a lot more of them as well as tulips, crocus, hyacinths, etc. The earliest sign of spring aroung here is usually the pussy willow. Its fuzzy little buds are so soft! I picked a bouquet of them to bring inside.

The top picture and bottom picture obviously aren't really signs of spring, but they are so happy to lay in the warm sun. The dog is Aly. She is a Plott hound. Cole hunts coon with her. She is a goofy dog with a lot of personality. The cat is mine. Her name is Cinnamon Toast or CT for short.

Looking forward to much warmer weather and the arrival of my garden seeds!

Jo

Winter is getting long and depressing!!

I actually went to the flower shop and bought myself some flowers to just brighten up the week.....about choked at the price but they are beautiful!! It inspired me to get my camera and take some different, creative shots of them. This is my favorite!

Sounds like we are in for some more winter weather, first some freezing rain and then snow, 4 to 8 inches, and if the wind blows like they say it is supposed to, we will be snowed in again. Spring must be just around the corner!! I got the seed catalogs out and decided what I wanted to order this year, but I haven't actually placed the order yet......maybe I need to do that to encourage the weather to change.

Think Spring!

Jo