Today is the Spring Equinox, Happy Spring! (just a few minutes ago, on March 20 2014 at 12:57 pm for latitude 41.47.) It IS warmer today, but the advancing signs of Spring are not where we usually find them on March 20th. OK, no more complaining about the long cold winter. Since the usual flowers are not blooming yet, barely poking their noses out of the still frozen soil, I will show you pictures from other years.
Snowdrops, March 13, 2013
Dwarf Iris, Winter Aconite, March 15, 2012
Scilla, March 22 2011
Hellebore, March 17 2010
You can see that we have a lot to look forward to! As soon as there is something besides grey and brown out there, I will let you know. In the meantime, I marked the Spring Equinox this morning by balancing an egg on its end. What are you doing to celebrate Spring?
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Reblogged this on My Botanical Garden and commented:
Spring is here!
Hi Tamara, I hope it’s warming up in your part of the world!
Best,
Gabrielle
Yes, it is warm right now here around and spring is in full bloom 🙂 But one can never have enough of spring, don’t you think so?
Wishing you a spring full of colors,
Tamara