The Hope of Spring

Haven't blogged for a couple weeks. Guess there just wasn't much blog-worthy and/or exciting to write about. But I've been looking for something and today I found it--the first crocuses poking up out of my flowerbeds! I like being back in a climate with four seasons, and I like winter. I even like snow and cold--for a time. But along about, oh...NOW!, middle of February, I get sick of it all and want green, warm, blossomy spring to hurry right along. So seeing crocuses makes me happy and hopeful that the snow is finally all going to melt, that the temperatures will gradually get warmer, and that I can go back to jackets and sweatshirts and put all the coats away. Yay!

We haven't done much with our yard since we moved in last August, but I did plant crocus and daffodil bulbs in the two flowerbeds in the front yard. Then my neighbor told me there were already lots of bulbs in those two beds. I'm looking forward to seeing what actually comes up. Maybe I'll have some beautiful flower pictures to post in the next several weeks. And I tend to be pretty good at flower photos--unlike kids, they hold still. :-)