On Mar 4, 5:04*pm, songbird wrote:
* gradually spring is coming along.
i'm glad to have the longer days and
some attempts at warmth. *took a
short walk around the gardens and
checked 'em out to see what might be
starting to show.

* some daffodils, crocus, iris, and
plenty of tulips, the race is on. *

* temperatures have been all over the
place, a little snow yesterday, today
some sunshine, but still chilly then
warming up later this week. *all this
freeze thaw cycling is playing fun with
quite a few plants. *a few weeks of
sunshine and warmth will work magic and
they shall be healed.

* a few days ago we had four inches of
snow on the ground and all was white.
then the rains came and now the ditches
and fields are full of soggyness and
running off. *unlikely to be a big
flooding spring with all the snow already
gone, but we'll see how that goes.
seems that nature always can pull a few
surprises right when you think you've
seen it all.

* what is your favorite first of spring?

* songbird

Growing up in upstate New York it was always the crocus, then the
daffodils. Living in North Carolina for over 20 years, it is the
Jasmine because that tells me the Bradford's are not far behind.