(In our street earlier today — and yes, it’s still snowing. I hope the poor daffs are going to make it … and there we were, only a few days ago, basking in the early springtime sun and hoping winter was finally over!)
Well, the daffs are hothouse creatures that were planted by the city‘s parks / gardens administration (our street is a chestnut alley, and daffs are planted in the beds housing the tree trunks every spring). Still, normally they‘d have been safe in March!
And I shudder at the thought of 20 feet (!?!?) of snow … at any time of the year, but even more so now, when it‘s finally supposed to be spring!
… and Passover and Spring Time and everything else you’re celebrating right around now! Alas, RL had other ideas than letting me enjoy books, blogging and such of late — I’d been hoping to get back to it earlier this year, but … the best-laid plans of mice and men and a’ that. I’m still […]
I’m not going to turn this into a political blog, but Ukraine’s national flower (here seen against the blazing blue skies of the Loire valley) will be heading my posts until Russian troops have left the country and the slaughter of innocent civilians has come to an end. Бог з Україною (God be with Ukraine).
We have just under 20 feet of snow on the ground, so there are NO signs of daffodils anywhere!😒 Still, Happy St. Patrick’s Day!🤗☘️
Well, the daffs are hothouse creatures that were planted by the city‘s parks / gardens administration (our street is a chestnut alley, and daffs are planted in the beds housing the tree trunks every spring). Still, normally they‘d have been safe in March!
And I shudder at the thought of 20 feet (!?!?) of snow … at any time of the year, but even more so now, when it‘s finally supposed to be spring!
Our latest storm has petered out and we’re only getting a coating to an inch so that’s something.😊
Thank God for small mercies, huh? 🙂
Oh yes.😊