Yes, indeed, the tantalizing smells and sights of spring are abundant on this mid-February day. I daren't get my hopes up too high as i have been warned by reliable sources that we are due for more of the cold white stuff again on Sunday, but for today, just today, i can enjoy the fact that my furnace hasn't turned on all morning, the front door window has been open and i was able to go to the grocery quite comfortable in my sweater (and pants and shoes... don't worry!). The warm breeze is teasing and pulling my hair, urging me to be outside, to enjoy this little burst of freshness. Walking, avoiding puddles of melting snow, but probably inwardly somehow wanting to splash around in them too! I'm glad i still have a bit of kiddishness at heart.
And yes... somehow underneath all that snow, colour has survived... i don't know how... a little johnny-jump-up has appeared from under 2 feet of snow and somehow seems to have emerged a little pale but alive. And surrounding him, all little tip of bulbs are poking their heads out through the damp earth... looking for the sun... it's too warm, i tell them and argue with them that it's too early to be up yet... go back to sleep for a little while lest you get nipped with the cold weather still to come. But it's amazing to see how instant the response is to a little bit of warmth! And thankfully, it also indicates that when i planted the bulbs in the fall, i managed to plant them right-side up this time! Such a gardener am I! I am also curious now to know what will come up where. When i had my garden renovations done in the summer, they dug up all the bulbs and they were all mixed up... i tried to plant them in groups, but it could make for interesting arrangements, daffodils and tulips all intermingled... good thing there aren't any familial rivalries like the Montagues and Capulets in the spring bulb world!
Yes, indeed, the tantalizing smells and sights of spring are abundant on this mid-February day. I daren't get my hopes up too high as i have been warned by reliable sources that we are due for more of the cold white stuff again on Sunday, but for today, just today, i can enjoy the fact that my furnace hasn't turned on all morning, the front door window has been open and i was able to go to the grocery quite comfortable in my sweater (and pants and shoes... don't worry!). The warm breeze is teasing and pulling my hair, urging me to be outside, to enjoy this little burst of freshness. Walking, avoiding puddles of melting snow, but probably inwardly somehow wanting to splash around in them too! I'm glad i still have a bit of kiddishness at heart. 
And yes... somehow underneath all that snow, colour has survived... i don't know how... a little johnny-jump-up has appeared from under 2 feet of snow and somehow seems to have emerged a little pale but alive. And surrounding him, all little tip of bulbs are poking their heads out through the damp earth... looking for the sun... it's too warm, i tell them and argue with them that it's too early to be up yet... go back to sleep for a little while lest you get nipped with the cold weather still to come. But it's amazing to see how instant the response is to a little bit of warmth! And thankfully, it also indicates that when i planted the bulbs in the fall, i managed to plant them right-side up this time! Such a gardener am I! I am also curious now to know what will come up where. When i had my garden renovations done in the summer, they dug up all the bulbs and they were all mixed up... i tried to plant them in groups, but it could make for interesting arrangements, daffodils and tulips all intermingled... good thing there aren't any familial rivalries like the Montagues and Capulets in the spring bulb world!
4 comments:
What a refreshing day today was!! Enjoy the little rays of spring coming in - one day spring will stick around!!
Laura :)
how i love your description of the day. my sentiments exactly. eventhough it is some time coming , there are harbingers to bring us hope for warmer weather.mom
I miss last week Friday. That was a good-weather-day.
And your spring bulbs really do like to come up early - I remember that from last year!
in the midst of winter, we have within us a touch of spring
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