Spring is Gonna Sprung
Really, it is.
For the last two days, it actually feels like spring outside and I think we're going to survive this winter. Oh, winter isn't over yet, not by a long-shot. In Colorado, March and April are our two snowiest months and a typical spring here includes increasingly warm days peppered with brief heavy, wet snows that melt off in the blink of an eye. I don't know why people complain about these snows--they always come, they are typical of spring-time Colorado weather, and they go away as fast as they come in. ::shrug::
But in the last few days, the sun is higher in the sky. The geese, ducks, and other assorted birds are popping out from wherever they've been hiding. The neighborhood cat, Louie, is back taunting and tormenting our poor cats. I've been driving with the car window cracked. Snow is mostly melted (unless you've got a north-facing lawn), bits of green grass are appearing, and--my favorite part of all--my spring bulbs are starting to burst through. There are about a dozen bright green shoots popping up all over our front yard, and I expect that soon we will have some beautiful daffodils and tulips to brighten the brown.
As much as I hope and pray that winter will not come each year, I realize that we don't get spring without it. And spring is nearly here.
For the last two days, it actually feels like spring outside and I think we're going to survive this winter. Oh, winter isn't over yet, not by a long-shot. In Colorado, March and April are our two snowiest months and a typical spring here includes increasingly warm days peppered with brief heavy, wet snows that melt off in the blink of an eye. I don't know why people complain about these snows--they always come, they are typical of spring-time Colorado weather, and they go away as fast as they come in. ::shrug::
But in the last few days, the sun is higher in the sky. The geese, ducks, and other assorted birds are popping out from wherever they've been hiding. The neighborhood cat, Louie, is back taunting and tormenting our poor cats. I've been driving with the car window cracked. Snow is mostly melted (unless you've got a north-facing lawn), bits of green grass are appearing, and--my favorite part of all--my spring bulbs are starting to burst through. There are about a dozen bright green shoots popping up all over our front yard, and I expect that soon we will have some beautiful daffodils and tulips to brighten the brown.
As much as I hope and pray that winter will not come each year, I realize that we don't get spring without it. And spring is nearly here.
Labels: Colorado
posted by Kay at
5:40 AM
3 Comments:
The sky has been increasingly brighter each morning on my drive to work. I love that.
I'm getting anxious for my garden, too. This will be my second Spring in my house and my second gardening season. I've noticed some bulb shoots and I'm committing myself to be more vigilant with the weeding and mulching and fertilizing. I have a brown thumb when it comes to houseplants, but last year's outdoor flora did surprisingly well!
You guys had snow?
Yeah, maybe I forgot to mention it?
Lydia, this is our third spring in this house, but we didn't do any gardening to speak of the first year. Last year we tore out all of our front yard grass (so it looks like crap right now) and did a xeriscape garden on one side and herbs on the other. When it's really going, it looks freaking awesome.
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