We received an amaryllis bulb at Christmas. This week it bloomed.
Picture taken out our upstairs window - look how green it is; it's like this all winter.
Daffodils are blooming already! As are the primrose.
Pansies have been blooming since November.
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Dusty Miller, the silver gray plant in the third picture - Mom liked Dusty Miller and used it in her gardens.
Spring blooms - The snowdrops by our neighbor's kitchen door were usually the first neighborhood blossoms during that time between winter and spring. Then came the small crocus that grew wild in our front yard. Then came the crocus planted right next to another neighbor's house foundation. All these flowers often came up through the snow to give us hope that Spring was just around the corner. By the time the daffodils bloomed, we were more than ready for Spring. Somehow, daffodils in January, minus the snow, just don't carry the same excitement that they did in Ohio after a long cold, snowy, seemingly forever winter. They're still beautiful though!
Primrose - I love the vibrant primrose colors. I can't say the word "primrose without the song "Primrose Lane, life's a holiday on Primrose Lane, ...." going through my head. Back in Worthington, I helped a young neighbor learn to garden. With her father's permission, we used the small patch of land between the west side of their house and our driveway. Another neighbor gave us primroses for our garden. We also planted day lilies from our nephew's garden as well as hostas from my sister - a legacy garden. Lots of memories packed into that little space. I think of all this every time I see primroses - or hostas - or day lilies.
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