Jane wrote:

It's Spring!

Yippee!


The Tulip bulbs are just beginning to poke through and the
roses are starting to show signs of life.

We are a bit ahead of you--moreso because you all had that heavy snow.
Forsythia began blooming a week ago, and pear and cherry trees are in
bloom no, along with those trees that look like weeping willows but are
not--they are my favorites, they have cascading branches of the pales
pink, tiny flowers. Tulip trees (I think they are, they have HUGE truly
magenta blooms) are blooming sans foliage, which looks hilarious. Jonquils
and daffodils are in full display. My crocus began two weeks ago. My roses
are full of pretty red growth. I think it's neat how you can tell a
strong, vigorous rose by the way it leafs out in the spring. Best yet is
Rio Samba and Don Juan.

I thought it would never get
here.

Me too! Do you have lots of noisy birds? We have some new ones whose calls
I do not know. And, yesterday I was driving down Six Forks Road and saw a
big redtailed hawk standing in someone's front yard on a side street.
Signs of too-fast development in North Raleigh. I stopped and looked at
him until he took off. What a wingspan, and I love their creamy, speckled
bellies and russet backs. I think he was after voles or moles.





My new roses are planted and the rain yesterday helped them get
settled.

I still have ALL of mine to plant, so you are way ahead of me. Must be a
nice feeling.



Happy Spring!

Jane