Spring! I think maybe!

There are signs, oh yes there are!

• Signs of Green?!! Grass.
• Robins.
• Red-wing Blackbirds.
• Crocus.
• Motorcycles. (Though that may just be the high price of gas.)
• Potholes. (Remind me to tell you my sad April Fools pothole story.)
• Home Shows.
• And the best and most promising: six day forecast of temperatures reaching highs in the 50's and 60's! YES!

Peony Heart

The Last of the Crabapples

Early spring is so fleeting. The tree blossoms are gone now, the lilacs fading fast behind them. I'm glad we've had some sunny warm days to appreciate the beauty. Here is the last crabapple shot.

The Jacks are out in the Woods

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Spring Zooms

Oh, and I should have been saying: The last three photos are from my mother's garden.

And a Flowering Quince

Flowering Almond

Oh man, it's impossible to choose. Flowering Almond, violets, lilacs, lily-of-the-valley, yikes! What is your favorite spring flower?

Lilacs

The lilacs are early this year.

Looking at Old Archives From Other Side

Finding this from May 2005. It had been created using instructions from Mandarin Design. meg passed on in June of 2006. Time remembered.

REMEMBERThem

And time
remembered is
grief forgotten.

It Wouldn't Be Spring

. . . without me posting this. Thanks for putting up with me!

For winter's rains and ruins are over
And all the season of snows and sins;
The days dividing lover and lover,
The light that loses, the night that wins;
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten,
And in green underwood and cover
Blossom by blossom the spring begins
- Algernon Charles Swinburne.

Close Cousin?

Here's the honeysuckle, which looks a lot like the pear blossom, I think. However, the scent of honeysuckle is out of this world! (Unless you're allergic.)

Pear Blossoms

Happy May! This is the grandest appearing month in Michigan . . . as long as we get some sunshine! *grin*

Spring

Isn't quite here yet. We had a week of 25 degree F weather. We had two inches of snow, followed by rain, yesterday. Mush. The daffodils and tulips and jonquils were all knocked down by the cold weather, but are struggling back to their feet.

Cleaning windows: I'm usually a windex kind of person, but I know folks have recipes they swear by for sparkling windows. Anyone care to share?

WD-40. Don't stay home without it. 2000 uses here.

Gail has returned from vacation. One of the great things of blogging is that you get to see vacation pictures from places near and far. These are awesome, Gail!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Hope the snow won't slow the Easter Bunny down too much.

I bonsai'd my daffodills??!!!!

I bonsai'd my Daffodils! I didn't mean to, but I planted them Very close together. They are about 4-6 inches tall. That's a clothespin standing amongst them!

Spring is Just About Here

More signs of spring:

• The Robins are back!!!
• The Maple Syrup Festival is going on at Fenner Nature Center.
• The willows are greening!
• Bulbs are starting to emerge.
• Some people have Crocus.
• The Pussy Willows are out!
• The Cedar Waxwing are making their stops on their way north!

Sorry for the absence. There were several family-health issues going on. Everything seems calm and going positive now. Missed you!

More Signs of Spring

• The Dairy Queen in Charlotte is open.
• The red-winged blackbirds are back. (The robins can't be far behind.)
• Brackets are open for March Madness!
• Daylight Savings time is here.