A Day's Difference

My forsythia and daffodils yesterday.

My forsythia and daffodils today.

 

 

 

The Return of the Pansies

I did not purchase pansies to plant this year. I have them, nevertheless. They came up first in February, then died during a cold snap in March.

And here they are again. Oddly, they have sprang up in my flower bed in a nice row even though they were planted in a whisky barrel last year.

February Yellow

An overly warm February brought out daffodils and pansies. What will March bring? Will it come in like a lion, or a lamb?


"Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare went on.
"I do," Alice hastily replied; "at least - at least I mean what I say - that's the same thing, you know." - Lewis Carroll

February Volunteer Violets

So here it is February 24, and we have daffodils blooming and weeping willows greening because the weather has been too warm for this time of year.

These violets are from last year, and came up all by themselves in my flower bed.

Sunflowers Off Wheatland Road



Okay, turn your backs on me.




There is always one who looks the other way.




Thirty acres of sunflowers dancing down the hill.




I am the sunflower queen!




No you are not, we are all sunflower queens!




We are the three wicked step sisters!




And we're Cinderella's guardians!



Summer's End

Summer Flowers

Rock Lilies

May Flowers

Signs of Spring

December Flower

This is one of the flowers I bought this spring. It died out and then, with no cold weather to speak of, it came roaring back and is now in full bloom, here on December 11.

I can't remember what this was. Perhaps some kind of dahlia but I wasn't expecting to have to recall it's name again. (If you know, please leave it in the comments!)

So far it has been quite warm for this time of the year, at least here in my area. Great for my electric bills, but not so much for germs. We have lots of viruses and bugs going around, so be careful out there!

Sunflowers' Last Days

Those Sunny Sunflowers

Just Some Flowers

The most interesting thing about these flowers is they are all volunteer. They came up in pots I'd left on the deck all winter. I never got around to planting anything in them. One day I noticed they all had flowers in them anyway.

Sunflower

My sunflower, a week before opening.

And now, open!

Roses