Signs of Spring

Well despite the snowy and cold winter we had,

there are signs of spring unfolding around the house.

Here are a few pictures of the first

flowers beginning to appear.

The snow pile on the driveway officially disappeared

on Thursday, March, 11. That is a month after out last

snowstorm. There are still mountains of snow in some

of the parking lots in the area. But that will probably be

gone soon because it has been in the high 60's and low 70's

lately. And last weekend we got 3 or 4 inches of rain, to

help melt things around here.

Some of my bulbs are coming up now and flowering.

Look close in this picture and you can see

a ladybug enjoying the flowers.

Here is a close-up of one of the flowers from some

of the bulbs I have planted years ago.

This patch of bulbs was planted way before the

bird's nest spruce on the left. That bush is getting

larger and encroaching on the bulbs now.

One last picture of some bulbs growing

among some ground-cover I have under

my big birch tree in the backyard.

The End