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| The first crocus. |
The first early crocus opened a few days ago in my front yard on a lovely sunny fifty-some degree day--the first nice warm day since late December! I always note the date of this eagerly-awaited harbinger of spring (Feb. 9 this year), and was surprised that it was somewhat on schedule. The snow has been retreating since the beginning of the week, but apart from that, it has been so dry one would think it was hardly enough to encourage any subterranean growth. And yet, there is it!
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| Daffodil buds emerging. |
I went about the rest of the garden looking for more signs of growth, and saw that a lot of the daffodil bulbs are emerging. These above are Mt. Hoods, but many others are coming up too, in all my beds.
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| More daffodil bulbs sprouting. |
The following morning, another crocus popped up! This one seems to be one of the pale lilac Crocus thomasinianus. More will be coming up soon, if only it would rain.
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| Pale purple crocus. |
The toadstools growing on the mulch seem to be re-growing too. They had been frozen under the snow cover earlier.
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| Toadstools growing on mulch. |
Next week I'm off for Florida and new adventures. We'll see what the weather has in store for us when I get back in March.
