Saturday March 21 Was a Glorious Day!

It was sunny. It was balmy (close to 70 degrees F, I think!). The air was still. The birds were beginning to twitter. I had a rake in my hand and a tarp on the ground. I had to take off my jacket. Life is good and God is better! :-)

Most of these photos will enlarge a bit... some more than others.

A little preview of things to come!












Two types of sedum... with bitty crocus









More of these early crocus









And look what I found in the grass while I was raking!!
These photos were taken at 9:34 A.M.









These photos were taken at 9:50 A.M.









Here are some iris reticulata, unnamed ---























except for these: Lady Sheila Ann Germaney reticulata iris
that reside around my sister Barbie's tree. :-)

An Ode to March 4th

These photos were taken March 23, 2007.

March Forth

And so we shall!

The sun is shining.
(o'er your way?)

Patches of green are showing
through snow today.

Birds are fluttering.
(Saw a robin, yesterday!)

And I am dreaming
Spring will soon stay.

March forth!
And so we shall.

;-)

photos taken March 23, 2007

Garden Bloggers' Muse Day (a little late, again)

Join
Garden Blogger's Muse Day
March 1, 2008

"The sun was warm but the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You're one month on in the middle of May.
But if you so much as dare to speak,
A cloud comes over the sunlit arch,
A wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you're two months back in the middle of March."
-   Robert Frost, Two Tramps in Mud Time


Actually, it was March 1st and we
were visiting the Henry Doorly Zoo
in Omaha, Nebraska.

A great weekend family outing.