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Pretty Pictures from the First Day of Spring
Spring. Aaah. Can’t you feel that warm breeze? Feel the sun warming the top of your head? Smell the amazing aroma of crumbly, fertile soil as you dig in the garden?
Nah, me neither.
It’s in the high 30’s here today. It is sunny, but not nearly sunny enough to warm much of anything other than the lettuce seedlings growing in my hoop house. But it is spring, and for that I am eternally grateful. Winter is finally officially over, and I have eggplant, peppers, basil, and thyme growing under my grow lights. Life is good.
Nothing is blooming yet around here, but a quick (very quick—it’s cold out there!) stroll around my yard this morning gave a hint at what I can look forward to. Daffodil, tulip, hyacinth, muscari, and bleeding heart foliage is evident all over the garden. The crocuses are in bud–hopefully I’ll have blooms early next week. Here are a couple of nice shots from the garden today. Enjoy!
Crocuses, very close to blooming.
Leaf buds on my favorite shrub, common lilac, just beginning to open.
What’s going on in your garden today?
6 comments
6 comments to “Pretty Pictures from the First Day of Spring”
Nancy Bond, March 20th, 2009 at 1:20 pm:
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I checked my containers on the balcony for any signs of bulbs that might be poking through, but though it was a beautiful first day of spring, nothing is showing yet. It’s a bit early for us here.
But the lawn is bare and brown — the only snow left here is what the snowplow left in rows after the last storms. That’s a start!
joey, March 20th, 2009 at 9:46 pm:
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Happy Michigan Spring, Colleen! Spring has a way of teasing us while winter takes it fine ol’ time bidding us adieu.
Colleen Vanderlinden, March 21st, 2009 at 4:34 am:
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Hi Nancy! That’s definitely a start. Seeing brown grass this time of year is a lot better than looking at snow
Happy Spring to you, Joey! Very, very true!
erin, March 22nd, 2009 at 5:21 pm:
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I absolutely LOVE this time of year. Your pictures are lovely. I wrote a similar post with a few pictures last week. Mine aren’t as pretty as yours though!
http://www.thirtysomethingblog.com/2009/03/first-signs-of-spring.html
Mary S., March 24th, 2009 at 10:48 am:
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You’re about two weeks ahead of me — which seems about right given your “southerly” location. I have a few tulips peeking up and my scilla have little buds. My neighbors have crocus but it is not as far along as yours. I checked the cherry tree buds the other day and they are fattening but are a long way from the buds on your shrub. Happy Spring.
MrBrownThumb, March 24th, 2009 at 2:42 pm:
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Not much going on in mine. Some sedum poking through and tulips trying to poke through.