It is SPRING!

[Crankin]

Nothing is blooming here, but yesterday on my ride, the City of Waltham had huge piles of sand and brush every 5 ft. along a main road. It looked like they had started the job of cleaning up, but quit half way. Quite ugly and a hazard for cyclists. But there are lots of peepers. I love that sound.

Going to meet a friend for some regulah... actually I hate DD and that's the only place I hear that term being used. Yes, I am a coffee snob.

[Flybye]

Spring in Idaho-
My pussywillow has little furry kittens paws starting to show.
The smell of skunk reminds me that summer is coming.
5:30 am birds singing in the trees.
Wood-peckers and Robins are eating and nesting.
30 degrees in the morning - 50 degrees in the afternoon.
I become aware of the fact that my windows in my house are very dirty.
People start putting their trampolines up.
The river is full of iceburgs instead of fully frozen.
The geese flying overhead.
Sidewalk chalk pictures on my driveway.

[GLC1968]

No, you're just from Washington. Many folks around here have those euro-style oval decals on their cars with "MV" (for Martha's Vineyard), "HAMP" for the Hamptons, and "NPT" for Newport. All tourist destinations.

Crankin, I was going to just say "regulah" but, I was afraid the folks from Washington wouldn't know what that was.

They need a SNE translator.

I was always partial to the ACK ones (being a fan of Bill the Cat).

And man....I miss DD.

[Skierchickie]

Day 1 of spring: The view from my upstairs window this morning. Yes, that is ice on Lake Superior, as far as I can see (if you can see the slightly darker blue strip on the horizon, that is Isle Royale, which is about 50 miles away). Even after several days in the 50s earlier this week and lots of sunshine lately. The lake doesn't always freeze over, but once it does it takes a while to break up.

Not much green yet, and there won't be until May. On the bright side, I took today off work, and DH and I went skiing on the crust with our dog this afternoon - you can ski on top pretty much anywhere the snowmobiles haven't been.

[nancielle]

Noticed some green shoots coming up in the yard a few days ago. I think they might be daffodils. Today is cold and there are the sporadic snow fluffies in the air but while taking Chloe for her walk this morning I noticed some crocuses (croci?) in the yard across the street and also in the yard two houses down from ours. There are some buds appearing on the tree behind our house. I love spring.

Many folks around here have those euro-style oval decals on their cars with "MV" (for Martha's Vineyard),

I had the "MV" on my previous car. Have been to the Cape many times but never there. We "branded" my car as a joke because they're my SO's initials.

[tulip]

I built my first garden box at my new house today! It's the start of what will be a beautiful and generous kitchen garden. I can't wait to plant my lettuce plants in it tomorrow.

[ny biker]

Walking to the gym after work the other night, I was struck by how many birds I was hearing. Not crows cawing or geese honking, but actual tweet tweet songbirds. Very nice.

[Zen]

Took a ride on the canal towpath today and I heard those wonderful tweety birds too
Little tufts of green, a rock wall that in a few weeks will be bursting with wildflowers from every crevice. I'm keeping my eye on that one.
I've been thinking about that wall all winter.

[wackyjacky1]

I LOVE BLUEBONNETS!!

Can you post pictures of the beauties? Pretty please??

Ask and ye shall receive! I snapped this pic on the homeward leg of my ride today:

[Aggie_Ama]

Thanks! I haven't had my real camera along and with my tremors the camera phone is just a blurry mess. The small rain two weeks ago really made our pop!

[sundial]

Thank you Wacky!! Ahhhh, the bluebonnets. I wish I could grow them here.

[GLC1968]

Signs of Spring -

The pansy's that I planted last fall are blooming again


And so are the dafodils:


AND, we had to spend a couple of hours mowing our lawn yesterday for fear it would take over the house (it was so long already!). Spring is here!

[ttaylor508]

Here is our first day of spring photo from our cabin in E. Wash. No sign of spring yet, but the waterfall behind our property is starting to flow pretty good which means it is just around the corner.

[Aggie_Ama]

My pansies are huge. Well they were "colossal" to begin with but they are huge, they will probably die soon in our heat. My society garlic has bunched out well, can't wait for it to bloom. The Ruellia is looking green but no blooms yet. I am waiting to see if the Mexican Heather survived the hard freezes peppered with hot days or I need to buy more. One yaupon I moved didn't root before the winter and died. Spring planting time is on!