Spring!

Well, it hasn't felt much like spring this weekend (yes, it actually snowed yesterday) but the flowers seem to believe that warmer weather will eventually come to stay. Bobbie planted lots of flowers around the yard, so it has been fun to see the surprises as they bloom. First the snowdrops, then crocuses and violets. Nuccia, I told you I was jealous because Laura's myrtle had flowers and I didn't expect that ours would. (We moved here in late August and I think we saw two flowers right at the end of fall, so that didn't seem promising.) Well, I am happy to say that I was quite wrong! We have myrtle in the front yard and in the back, and it is all full of flowers.

It is hard to capture the colour in pictures (at least for this photographer), but I discovered last week that myrtle is also called periwinkle. It's such a lovely color (and perfectly matches Crayola's Periwinkle).

I couldn't believe that the pansies Mom gave us in the fall survived the winter! I knew they were hardy (they continued flowering in the fall after several hard frosts) but I didn't expect to see them again this spring!


They have survived Gerard's garden hunts and the tangles of two leashes, which is almost as impressive as surviving the winter.

I love the splashes of color, and remembering that yes, spring really is on its way.