Hi Rose. I don’t enjoy the dark damp weather but I do like having some down time in which to plan. I always change my mind come Spring, but I love the dreaming period, the pouring over seed catalogues, plotting.
That is so much of the beauty of our gardens…the hope and promise of what is to come after a long winters nap! Somehow I always feel like I had something to do with its survival although I know it is just the miracle of nature ;-)
I find bulbs amazing – year after year I plant them, think “nothing can possibly come from this”, fret a little anxiously, wondering if they are rotting in my damp heavy soil, and then, the shoots – and hopefully the flowers! Little lessons in trust.
I do love the way you can be suddenly surprised by things, if you bother to look closely enough. The days are getting longer, just January and February to survive…
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Nice to see somethings sprouting between the leafs. I hope it resist well during the winter.
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I just hope they don’t get over excited and flower too early…
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I love finding new growth emerging from the leaf litter or mulch. Such a sense of promise.
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Exactly! Just what I needed, the garden otherwise looks rather drab and miserable right now.
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How exciting to see these green shoots emerging! I’m definitely ready for spring already.
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
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Hi Rose. I don’t enjoy the dark damp weather but I do like having some down time in which to plan. I always change my mind come Spring, but I love the dreaming period, the pouring over seed catalogues, plotting.
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That is so much of the beauty of our gardens…the hope and promise of what is to come after a long winters nap! Somehow I always feel like I had something to do with its survival although I know it is just the miracle of nature ;-)
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I find bulbs amazing – year after year I plant them, think “nothing can possibly come from this”, fret a little anxiously, wondering if they are rotting in my damp heavy soil, and then, the shoots – and hopefully the flowers! Little lessons in trust.
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There is hope beneath the blanket of snow and leaves! Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year! And yes, the hope is most welcome at this time of year.
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There’s a surprising amount of green around, isn’t there? Here’s to warmer days ahead, filled with blooming plants!
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I do love the way you can be suddenly surprised by things, if you bother to look closely enough. The days are getting longer, just January and February to survive…
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delightful!
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Thank you Mike!
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It’s always a thrill to see evidence that spring will come again!
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That wonderful cycle of the seasons!
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Great to see young shoots coming through, spotted some Snowdrops just breaking through the soil the other day.
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I love snowdrops – no sign of ours yet though…