Spring Has Sprung!

by nicki on February 20, 2010

Here it is only February 19th, and it feels as if spring is here.

My daylilies are a good 6 inches tall, forsythia is blooming, the primula blossoms are unfolding, and yesterday, in the afternoon sunshine outside my door, where the pieris japonica is in bloom, bees were humming and buzzing!

Now that’s a sign of spring for sure.

Pieris Japonica

Pieris Japonica

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