It was warm today. Finally in the 50s. It's supposed to be up and down temp-wise all week. Today was lovely, well, rainy, but a bit of a tease wrt spring's arrival.
This evening Ethan and I walked around the yard, picking up sticks and throwing them into the woods. I took a look at the areas where there are bulbs to see how they're doing. Some of the daffs that Ethan and I planted last year near the northeast corner of the library are starting to come up, as are the daffs at the back of the house that have been there forever. Not much else peeking out yet.
There is still snow on at least half the yard. Another day or two like this and it should leave all but the deepest shadows.
I was thinking that we were way behind with flowering, but I just took a look at my notebook from 2001 (the last time I kept track), and it looks like crocuses didn't come up until the beginning of April. Although, tomorrow is April 1, so we're getting close. My entry for April 9, 2001:
Crocuses begin flowering. Yellow along sidewalk, purple to east of garage door.
4/13/01: Daffodils flowering.
4/20/01: Iris dwarf reticulata begin flowering. Hyacinths and grape hyacinths coming up.
Etc., etc.,.....
I know that I need to be Present, be in Now, not what happened in previous years. Especially since there's not a darn thing I can do about the weather. I will enjoy them when they appear.
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I've already decided that I need to dig up the stumps from the shrubs we cut down in the back of the house last year. I want to plant the butterfly garden there (the one I ordered from Michigan Bulb), and I don't think it will have its best start with those stumps in place. So, as soon as the ground is diggable, I'll be out there with a shovel. And then compost.....
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