Photo from The Farmers Almanac

 

If you would like to read about St. Patrick's Day, go to:  https://www.farmersalmanac.com/st-patricks-day

 

Or just go to that site and look around.  It's kinda fun.  Meanwhile, HAVE FUN, and

 

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!

 

I finished the Dragonfly quilt, making use of those cold days we stayed inside.  

 

It is 45 inches square, and will hang on the wall going up to the loft.  We can see it from the living room.  

 

I just love these colors together.  They seem to dance.

 

HAPPY QUILTING!!!

 

I couldn't remember if I showed you the rock that our friend up on Bella Vista kept seeing as a turtle.

 

She has lived here over 15 years, and every time she drove past this rock, she saw a turtle.  So we got a couple cans of green and blue spray paint and made her dream a reality.  She loved it!!!  So do we, every time we walk by it.  

 

LIFE IS GOOD!!!

 

Here's the other reason I wasn't so crazy about the snow on Saturday.  

 

I took this picture on Friday, because I knew the cold weather was coming, maybe bringing snow.  

 

The trees aren't completely bloomed out, so maybe we'll still get some peaches this year.  But probably not from these blooms.  

 

HAPPY ALMOST SPRING!!!

 

While we were all basking in the delights of Spring, seeing the trees in bud, and wearing shorts on our walks;  Mother Nature had a different idea about the end of Winter.  It is still winter.  And look what we woke up to on Saturday.

 

I love snow in the winter, but not so much after the Redbud trees have set their flower buds.

 

Hopefully this cold snap just lasts a day or two, and we can get back to the business of Spring.

 

HAPPY ALMOST SPRING!!!

 

I told you I just stick Forsythia sticks in the ground and they grow.  These are sticks I stuck last spring, and look how they are growing. They lived outside all winter, and now they are growing leaves and flowers.  Easy peasy.

 

HAPPY MARCH!!!

 

We love seeing Bluets this time of year.  They kinda glow in the green grass.  And they are everywhere.

 

Be on the lookout.  They are tiny, but they stand out because of their color.  

 

HAPPY MARCH!!!

 

These are my favorite!!!  They are King Alfred daffodils;  they are also called Dutch Master.  

 

Ever wonder how many different types of daffodils there are?  Well, I have a catalog that sells mostly bulbs, and in it there are 175 different listings, filling 22 pages of the catalog!!!  And that's just the daffodils.  There are 21 pages of tulips!!  And all kinds of other fall planted bulbs.  

 

There is a separate catalog of summer flowering bulbs.  Go to   Brent and Becky’s Bulbs   and get your own catalogs.

 

I love looking at all the pretty pictures.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've shown you one of these before.  Remember what it is?  

 

Praying Mantis egg case.  This one is in the Rosemary bush.  It's a little hard to tell how big it is from this picture, but if you touch your index finger to your thumb, that circle is about the size of this egg case.  It probably holds between 50 and 100 baby mantids.  

 

I love finding these in the winter, because I know we will have Praying Mantids in the spring.  I love seeing them, but even more I love that they eat bugs.  I saw a full grown Praying Mantis carrying off a full size Monarch caterpillar once.  OK, I didn't love that, but it is good that they eat other bugs.

 

HAPPY ALMOST SPRING!!!

 

I love it when the Forsythias bloom.  Little splashes of sunshine all along the roads.  Some BIG splashes too.

 

They are really easy to grow too!!  I just stick sticks in the ground and they grow!!

 

HAPPY MARCH!!!