…. and now you don’t!
Friday, I walked the three blocks from my house to the corner Subway for my lunch. It was a sunny, bluebird day, for sure! On the way back I made sure to stop at a neighbor’s flower patch to get photos of the pretty yellow crocus which appear in the cover photo here. I remembered that some snowdrops usually bloomed around the corner, so I took a slight detour. I was happy to see the bees were already busy taking advantage of the nice weather.
I planted a few iris reticulata in some of the garden beds and now they are rewarding my efforts by spreading their purple majesties far and wide. I love seeing that pop of royal purple and lavender in a depressing, cold field of brown and white.
I see the heuchera I planted in my whiskey barrel is starting to push the leaf mulch aside, and the iris are looking perky. The weather is warming and it’s supposed to be a fairly warm weekend. Of course, Sunday will bring back cold and wet, whether it is snow or rain.
Spring thaw means the snow melts off and I can get closer to some of the wild moss and lichen gardens around the area. The water off the Flat Tops carries a lot of calcite which is deposited along its way to the river in different ways. Here’s a fine example at the mouth of the Hanging Lake trail. This rock could also be identified more as travertine according to this definition of the formation in the Encyclopedia Britannica — well, you be the judge. Anyway, I think it’s a beautiful rock all by itself, and then adding the green furry moss is just perfect.
I’m celebrating! March is finally here. Yeah!!!