Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Sea Change
Today is that day in early spring where there is a sea change in the weather; where the persistent winter weather pattern over the whole mid-continent, turns over to a spring pattern, promising a rainy, warmer week ahead. The garden is still frozen in time and ice, with patches of snow in the shady nooks, but it was a day to see if any of the early bulbs had heard the cheery weather forecast. P.J. the cat went touring with me this morning, heading off like a shot every few moments, chasing down clumps of dried, brown leaves that were clattering down the paths, pushed by a stiff wind from the south; a wind still cold from blowing over hundreds of miles of unthawed prairie, but a wind which promises a more temperate future. The snowdrops have been in bloom since January, their ghostly bells hanging unopened in the sharp wind, bowed but not bent, also awaiting the returning sun, so they can reopen their blooms to the bees, who are snoozing in their burrows, dreaming bee dreams of fields of flowers and long, languid summer days.
// posted by IBOY @ 9:11 AM 
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I adore your garden blog and check in daily all ways hoping for more pictures of your darling bulbs, sprouts, or whatever.....Now why are my snow drops not blooming? This of course is their first year up........ Your photography is outstanding.........thanks for taking the time to do all this.....
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: March 07, 2006
: March 07, 2006
Nancy,
Snowdrops take a couple of years to settle in, and often are pretty puny the first year... they'll get better and better. I'm happy you enjoy my blog; I certainly enjoy pounding away at it.
Don
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Snowdrops take a couple of years to settle in, and often are pretty puny the first year... they'll get better and better. I'm happy you enjoy my blog; I certainly enjoy pounding away at it.
Don
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