Signs of Spring

Tulips Emerging From The Ground!

Well, this isn’t much of a picture but I promised a shot of new garden growth and, TA-DA!, here it is! Little baby tulips poking their little heads through the ground. I think they’re tulips although it’s possible that they’re daffodils. Time will tell.

You can see if you look closely that there are several tiny clumps emerging. Most of them are too little to show much. I’ll bet that by the first of next week they’ll be much larger.

Got most of my flowers in this perennial bed from a good friend, Diane, who has an amazingly “green” thumb! I’ve got bits of driftwood here and there throughout that garden. Most of it came from Washington state. Ken, my brother-in-law, has found some really pretty driftwood for me. It makes that garden special.

Last April we were on Padre Island off the coast of Texas (were visiting friends who have a place in Texas) and picked up a couple of neat pieces of driftwood along the shore.

Well, the ice is slowly receding. Getting softer and softer. It’s going to be near 70 degrees, today. That will definitely help. Rain and colder weather is forecast, though, for the rest of the week so we’d better get out there and enjoy the sun while we have it.

There’s been a pileated woodpecker hammering his way through a log in our lakescaping. As long as he doesn’t hammer on the house, I don’t mind! They’re large birds with red hoods and, although they’re very pretty, they’re destructive little buggers. I’m going to try to get a picture of him – no promises, of course.

I’m heading back outside with my camera. Hope I get some good shots, today.

Peace and Goodwill.