Vernal Equinox 2015

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This first calendar day of spring is sporting a mix of sun and clouds, much like this Hellebore is a mix of muted petals and bright stamens. It's warmer, spring buds are swelling, some early flowers are blooming, and the days are getting longer and longer. I've even begun to mow the knee-high grass!

Happy Spring!

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Winter's End; Spring's Beginning

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Pieris Japonica and Rhododendron 'Winter' have been blooming in my garden since January, and although they brighten an otherwise cold and gray time of year, what I really look forward to is ...

this.

Welcome Spring. You've been a long time coming.

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Hope Springs Eternal - Vernal Equinox 2011

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Bronze Freesia in the greenhouse

Garden bloggers throughout the northern hemisphere

have been waiting for this day to arrive after a  long, often harsh, winter.



Japanese Red Maple leaf buds



And even though the weather may not be all that spring-like in some places,



Tulip buds

it surely is in others and at least today



Unfurling fern #1



 we can all sing



 Happy Spring!



Unfurling fern #2



and know that new growth and the nurturing sun will soon be ours.

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