Well it’s finally happened! The plum tree has started to bloom and in a couple days will be a cloud of lovely, musky scented petals. And the peach tree is so close the buds are as pink as can be. I have begun moving some daffodil bulbs from the bed they used to be in. […]
Category: garden
Garden Time
Time in the garden has its own flow and ebb. Today is an “ebb day” since it is raining and I have whatever virus du jour was brought home from school. Still, I look out my window and as the blooms on the heathers fade — the darker purple first turning to rust and the […]
True Signs of Spring
A lovely pink tulip by the front steps this morning. The red-flowering current is blooming in the front yard. The lilacs have fat anticipatory buds swelling at the tips of all the branches. The daffodils (some of them at least) have buds with a bit of color beginning to show. And birds everywhere. And frogs […]
Feast of Candlemas/Imbolg/Groundhog Day
There are lots of resources about Groundhog Day (as it is known in the United States) on the internet. An excellent overview and comparison of historical practices and their relation to what’s really happening in the natural world at this time is at Origin of Groundhog Day over at about.com. Go ahead and follow the […]
More signs of Spring…
but Winter still on the way! After a relatively warm week, we are again looking at temperatures around freezing beginning tomorrow. And possibly some snow. I believe it may be true, as the little birds are flitting about eating as much as they can find. I always scatter a good bit on the ground when […]
signs of LIFE to come!
This is so cool. Just outside my office window is the witch hazel I planted last spring. The buds are just beginning to open! Got me so excited, I started looking around, and found a few more sights and signs… Little green shoots of grape hyacinths at the base of the medlar! The nectarine with […]
Surreality
This time of year is hard on me. I spent the last few weeks baking, wrapping gifts and watching the light dim. It seems, though it may be my imagination, that the days still grow shorter through the evenings, but lengthen first on the morning side. So it takes a while for the afternoon light […]
SNOW!
Three pics (also posted on my family blog) from yesterday and today: and yes, the kids were very excited!