Baby it's cold outside

I noticed yesterday that all the snow had melted from my yard and I have jonquil and crocus leaves popping up through the ground. Can't wait for them to bloom. This morning I saw a poor robin sitting in the tree alll puffed up trying to stay warm. I bought more birdseed blocks to keep them happy.

Had to chase the squirel off the bird seed blocks this morning. I tried tapping on the window and he just looked at me. I went out the back door and got around the corner before he saw me, I was about 3 ft from him before he ran. I did put some stale bread out in the yard for the squirels and birds.

Well, inside my hibiscus is about to bloom for the first time since November ; )

There is nothing but snow all over, more to come today and tomorrow so any crocus is probably still toasty and warm under the blanket of snow - should see them sometime in March though.  by the end of the day yesterday we had a total of seven trucks stuck in our driveway throughout the day, including the huge tow truck that had to be pulled out by a huge propane truck.  Heaven help us it was a long day.

Thanks for sharing your flower stories Meece, Sheila, and Mary - it gives me hope that spring will come!

Well, here it's snowing, no it's raining, wait, it's snowing, no, no, it's raining again--well, you get the picture.  Nothin' comming up in my yard yet but wet doggy doo-doo.  Of course, it's still at least a month too soon to expect to see anything coming up yet, but still. . .

I really want to go for a walk with Snookie this afternoon, but anywhere I could go around here would be wading, not walking.  Poor Snookie is an elderly Shepherd and does not like wading in icy water.  Serious Cabin Fever building up here!  

Let's see--it's raining, no it's snowing, no it's foggy, ah, heck with it.  Gray, dreary and wet.  YUCKY. 

Meece, I can almost smell them from here.

OK, that's it, I'm going to stop and buy some hyacinth's on the way home from work tomorrow!

I wish I could bring fresh blooming flowers into my house. Whenever fresh flowers are brought in the office and I receive them at the front desk, I have to have them left on the other side of the room until they are picked up by the receipent, the pollen stops my head up something terrible. I do love to see them in the wild.

Sheila

4 inches of heavy, wet snow, high wind warnings, snowing big fat clumps of snow, 35 degrees.  Haven't closed schools, so I guess I've got to go to work. 

Our weather guessers have called for NO precipitation for the next week.  Unbelievable!  We may even be in the 40s by the weekend.  We made it up to 38 yesterday.  This is the second day in a row we've had sun.  Again, unbelievable.  Everyone's mood is definitely brighter in Mid Michigan.

Sheila, so sorry you're getting hit again with snow!

Something amazing happened in Maine this afternoon.  This big bright ball of light appeared in the sky--so bright I couldn't look at it directly!  It made shadows beside me, my car, trees, all kinds of things.  Local folk are mystified as to what this is all about.  The meterologists on TV used a term I think I vaguely remember:  "Sunny."   Very exciting afternoon!