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April 30, 2014

Awakening







In spite of the rather chilly temperatures and grey skies here in our corner of New England, spring is still pushing forward. Color is slowing beginning to appear in small amounts around the yard.  The daffodil bulbs that I planted last fall have pushed through the soil, and their buds are swollen and ready to burst; shoots of green are popping up all over the flower gardens, and the forsythia blossoms are adding cheerful splashes of yellow to the predominately grey landscape.  The goldfinches that are flocking to my feeders have turned from dull brown to sunny yellow, and the purple finches add a perky hint of red (I've always wondered why they are called purple finches when they aren't purple at all).

The snow is almost completely gone with only a few small patches remaining in the woods where the sun rarely shines. My vegetable garden is drying out, and I can finally walk on it without sinking above my ankles. This past weekend I removed the pine boughs I had covering my garlic bulbs and found three rows of little green shoots.  I was relieved to find they had survived the harshly cold winter and am looking forward to our first harvest of garlic scapes and the new recipes I'm going to try.  This pesto looks delicious.

It's so exciting to see the earth awakening with new life after the long winter, knowing that in another month everything will be bathed in lush green; the garden will be in the midst of planting, and the flower gardens will be exploding with color.

Many thanks to my daughter for the lovely photos.

5 comments:

  1. Beautiful photos, your daughter is great with the camera. So glad Spring is working her magic for you.

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  2. Beautiful photos of your lovely part of the world. My parents had a cat just like yours it was a little spooky looking at your pictures!

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  3. Just lovely. We are pretty happy around here to see the earth waking up too :)

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  4. It's funny, you are about a month behind us with Spring. Snow on the ground still, you say! It's not that warm here but the buds are becoming leaves and things are growing. The ground is warming up. I love it when the bulbs come up, always such a nice surprise. x

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  5. Yes, I did notice that you seem to be ahead of us with spring. In years past, spring came more quickly. Last year we took our Easter pictures in front of the blooming forsythia...and Easter was in March last year. We are about a month behind where we were last year. No green on the trees yet...just very plump buds.
    Thanks so much for stopping by, Gillian.

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