Tuesday, February 03, 2015

Tuesday Twitterdeeprettysnow



 Not finished just yet.  We may have seen robins, and animals are shedding and we want it to be spring, but not quite so fast.  

At least that's the message we received yesterday as snow fell all day long. 


Pretty snow.


I didn't even complain because it never reached a depth that demanded a whole lot of work.  


It just created a pretty scene on a landscape that really needed a cover-up


Yup, we were getting down to one of the really dirty times of the year where hard snow is covered with dirt, dust or mud, depending on how wet or dry it happened to be. 


So, it's always nice to have a cleansing or cover-up, like yesterday's snowfall.  

This morning, after some overnight rain and warmer temperatures, the new coating feels like it may disappear by nightfall.     

I also heard geese honking overhead while walking back from the barn to the house and noticed that even though the skies are cloudy, we have more daylight at 6:30 a.m. 

Good signs, for sure, and that makes yesterday's snow more of a treat rather than the usual trickery that comes our way at this time of the year when we're fervently looking ahead to spring. 

The garden experts say not to plant any seeds until late February.  Please don't pass this on, but my garden window is full of potted baby greens----petunias, ornamental grass and pansies and some lettuce.

On the 31st of January I even planted my tomatoes.  Of course, they're not up yet, but it won't be long.   

I also ordered this year's geranium seeds.  Of course, the garden gods who send them from Burpee say that they'll arrive in my mailbox when the time is right to plant them in our region. 

What these garden experts don't know is that I'm not the only person in the world who has planted seeds before the suggested date.  

Yesterday, somebody on Facebook was showing off a nasturtium blossom, to which someone else commented that it must be "mild in your region."  

Well, the said nasturtium grower confessed that it was still a little wintry outside but next to her bedroom lettuce, the nasturtiums were doing just fine. 

That brought my imagination into full mode, wondering if she's already preparing salads in her bedroom and topping them off with nasturtium blooms for "presentation."  

Anyway, we're all getting to that stage, even with a short, mild winter, where we want green grass, relatively dry soil and pretty posies blossoming all around us. 

That will happen when ol' Mother Nature is ready.  For now, we humor ourselves with the indoor garden activity and a whole lot of hope. 

Happy Tuesday. 








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