When I looked at these daffodils in the afternoon light they seemed to glow.

 

I think daffodils are my absolute favorite flowers!!!

 

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!

 

I sowed these arugula seeds on February 17th too.  But they are outside, and it's been kinda cold.  Last week I saw some green coming up in this bed, but it was chickweed.  

 

I check the bed every day, and I took this picture the first day I saw the arugula coming up:  March 2nd.  It's funny:  in summer when the soil is warm these seeds sprout in three days.  When the soil is cold, like it has been lately, it takes almost two weeks.  Anyway, we have arugula.  Yay!!!

 

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!

 

 

 

 

 

We noticed the buds on the Bradford Pears are getting fatter.  Yippee!!!  They should start to open up in the next couple weeks.  Last year they bloomed mid-March, and the year before it was the first week of March.  So, get ready for the big show:  it's starting to happen.

 

HAPPY MARCH!!!

 

We have tiny daffodils too.  Mine are Tête-à-tête Narcissus that we planted years ago.  I'm pretty sure that my neighbors' tiny daffodils are the same, but there are SO many varieties of Narcissus that I can't be positive of theirs.  

 

Tête-à-tête means head to head, and sometimes two flowers will bloom on a single stem.  That's how I remember the name, and I love seeing it when it happens.   

 

 

HAPPY ALMOST SPRING!!!

 

I am so glad our neighbors planted these little daffodils.  They have been here only a couple years, and they are already multiplying.  We get to see them when we walk down to the creek.  

 

I hope you have daffodils blooming where you are.  But, just in case, I've heard that they are available this time of year at Trader Joe's.  ;)

 

 

HAPPY MARCH!!!

 

 

 

 

This is always a good sign of spring.  The Mahonia in the park is starting to show its spring color.  The flower buds are swelling, and smelling too.  They smell like roses.

 

I am so happy to bring you current signs of spring.  They should be coming more frequently now.  

 

 

HAPPY ALMOST SPRING!!!

 

It is time to look up!!!  The maple trees are starting to turn red.  The flower buds are swelling, and they are looking hopeful.  

 

Hopeful for Spring!!!  Me too!!!

 

 

HAPPY FEBRUARY!!!

 

It always amazes me when dead-looking plants start growing new leaves.  This is our Clematis, and all winter it looked DEAD!!!  

 

Surprise!!  It's not.  It is alive and leafing out all over the place.  I took this picture from the top, because this is the best looking part.  But it is leafing out from the very bottom, all the way up to the top deck.  

Of course, I will show you again when it's blooming, but I thought you'd like to know that I am looking for signs of spring...for you and for me. 

 

 

HAPPY FEBRUARY!!!

 

I don't know where they got the name, or what it means.  All I know is that this is one of our favorite early spring bloomers, Corn Speedwell.  We saw this patch and several others in the park yesterday.  Yay!!!

 

 

HAPPY ALMOST SPRING!!!