The ground hog said more winter.
The hummingbird trackers say they’re already headed back this way so an early spring.
Which prediction do I believe?
BOTH OF THEM!
We’ve been blooming for over a month in Alabama. In late January the camellias popped out their pretty pink blooms. The daffodils came a bit early in the beginning of February. We also had tulip trees, flowering crab apples, and forsythia all sending out their blooms.
Our Bradford pear trees have bloomed and now turned green and leafy.
The pine trees are full of their loathsome yellow-green pollen. At least they were until last night’s torrential rains and windy storms. Maybe it knocked the stuff out so it won’t be such a problem this year.
In the middle of last week, my white dogwood tree began blooming. You can see leafy starts on many trees. Yesterday, it got up to eighty degrees. But this morning, the high was when we got up—a whopping forty-seven degrees—and it’s gotten colder all morning. So cold that it is snowing, big fluffy flakes that are icing up some of the bushes but not the ground and roads. I’d hoped to get a picture but it doesn’t photograph well. It just looks like streaks on the picture.
The long range weather forecast is the thirties the next two nights and back up to eighty-one by Saturday. I wonder if it will truly be spring by then. These mercurial temperature swings are the reason we don’t move our plants from their winter home in the kitchen to the screened in deck until after April first no matter how warm it gets before then!
My family in the great Midwest are dealing with snow storms and my sister in Hawaii is dealing with flash flooding from torrential rains. I hope their weather settles down soon, too. I hope where you are Spring is coming forth in all her glory—if not yet—soon. Enjoy!
Hello Kim,
I am ready for spring and beautiful azalea flowers. I spent the first part of my spring break in Detroit. I was met by snow and 70 miles wind. When I left Tuscaloosa, it was 65 degrees. I brought summer clothes and one sweatshirt.
You always write so well. Miss you.
Loved your observations about Spring. It will get here fully–at some point! Love the sunshine!
Hope to see you again soon.
Linda O.
What a beautiful post! I can picture Spring trying to break through with all of the lovely trees and flowers you described. Spring is almost here. We also had a few warm days here but now it’s cold again. It’s been a crazy winter, but we’ll all soon be enjoying real Springtime.
We are enjoying winter #3 in Michigan. That comes after fake spring, round one. Last week it was in the 60s; today mid 20s and a snowstorm. But I’ll take that over the tornadoes of the week before. Hope we all see the real spring soon. 🙂
Always love reading your posts!! My Rose Bushes are starting to grow new leaves, plus other plants in the yard! I did cover my Little Japanese maple tree, since it was starting to produce its leaves 🍁. Alabama Weather is crazy, but it sounds like we are not alone!! Thanks for Sharing!! ❤️
Snowing here today! So ready for spring and warmer weather. My daffodils are up 😊
Spring is around the corner. I thought it was here last week, but was fooled. Patience. Sending lots of love and sunshine.
I’m with you.. waiting for Spring to start!
We’ve gotten a few false bouts of Spring followed by more snow. I’m hoping we get a real Spring soon!