"Spring drew on. . . . and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her steps." ~ Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre ~
Weekend flowers & bunnies
Black-capped chickadee on front porch
Grey squirrel on bird bath - Spanish bluebell leaves
If 'Hope" traversed my garden last night she would have perhaps been scared away by 'ghosts!' Such a very cold night was forecast, 28F. Concern for plants and shrubs, even the leafing trees, was high. At dusk we went out and covered the hydrangeas in front of the porch, and the peonies which are already showing growth. I keep old shower curtain liners handy for this thankfully infrequent job, they seem to do well . . . . but do appear as ghostly white mounds in the night garden! I whipped them off this morning after the sun had warmed us up above freezing, and thankfully the sun is full and brilliant now and it will soon reach 53F. One more night of freezing temps and then we'll be over the hump I think.
Tonight we'll light the last fire. Our hearth served us well as always over winter. Yesterday we started our clean out of the leaves remaining in the front garden beds - we'll be off to purchase mulch soon to freshen them and keep the weeds controlled. As I write the street sweeper truck has driven by - really good to see the cul-de-sac swept clean to welcome the first day of Spring. Wishing you a happy one.
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Dearest Mary,
ReplyDeleteWe too had frost around 6:00 AM 30°F and I hate to see some of our Japanese magnolias having already had frost damage... The south is tricky with its 'seven' springs!
Lovely bouquet and bunnies.
Hugs,
Mariette
The grey squirrel looks alert.. it must be looking forward to the warmer weather.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like spring there! Gosh, it has been cold for you folks in the southern tier. Hopefully, this is the last night of such cold temps. Happy spring!
ReplyDeleteHappy Spring to you and Bob, dear Mary!
ReplyDeleteYou could paint ghostly faces on the shower curtain liners and decorate your garden again for Halloween :-)
It is definitely spring here, cold nights or not. The magnolia trees in my street are ready to burst - I will take a picture when that happens, and show it on my blog as I have done in past years.
Happy Spring, Mary! You've had a cold spell recently, and I hope it ends soon so your plants don't suffer. You take such good care of them. We've had a rainy couple of days which means slightly warmer nights and no danger of frost. It could still happen, but things are really starting to grow and everything feels spring-like.
ReplyDeleteVi har frostiga nätter här också. Våren är lite avvaktande än :) Men nu är det dags att vårstäda ute, klippa perenner och kratta löv, ja det finns ALLTID något att göra när man har trädgård!
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That chickadee has a nice little birdseed house -- is it to feast on -- or actually a house to live in? Lovely photos. We are having especially nice weather -- a tad warm during the day, but still nice and cool at night. Rain expected next week which we welcome. We've had nice showers this year -- not the kind that cause flash flooding like we had last year. Happy Spring to you.
ReplyDeleteTammy it's a little house to gobble up! I think the opening is too small to make it a nest box - we shall see though!
DeleteOur spring also teases us with a nice day now and then, but then snow fell for awhile this morning. Brrrrr! Now this evening it is blue skies and flowers. How I love your flowers and birds. So beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you - please leave your name next time - not sure I know you but would like to.
DeleteSpring has arrived here in South Devon! The garden has woken and it’s such a joy to see it all! I hope that all your plants survive! We uncovered our tree fern yesterday..l just hope that we don’t get another very icy spell! Happy spring,Mary! 😁
ReplyDeleteIs this Sal by chance? In my lovely Devon - I'm envious. Perhaps you can't comment with an identity, if so please just leave your name at the end of the comment, Thanks and have a great day.
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