Daffodils in Bloom!

Hello friends! 

Spring has arrived here in Wisconsin!  An official sign of spring is the  blooming of the daffodils.  Here are a couple of pictures of my daffodil flower bed on the south side of our house.  I transplanted the bulbs from another location in the yard several years ago, and it has taken them a few years to establish themselves. 

There are more buds ready to bloom there in the center, and also notice the white flowers just coming out on the far right.

Tulips are also planted in this bed and will soon come to bloom.  You can see some of their leaves in the picture. 

The bulbs are planted in a narrow area between a pea stone walkway and the house.  Covering the soil is a layer of 1 1/2" river rock.  The spring sun warms the stones, which in turn warms the earth below, waking the bulbs from their long winter's rest.  It is always such a ray of hope for spring's renewal when I see the first green shoots make their way through the rocks.  It is as if the daffodils themselves with their sunny yellow faces are welcoming spring once again.

Ice Storm and Daffodils

Greetings all!

I've been busy the past few nights working on a project (unrelated to sewing or scrapping) for my daughter, so I haven't had much time for sewing this week.  This morning we woke up to no power and a nice little coating of ice on everything.  Power was restored about noon-ish.  The daytime temps didn't get much above freezing, so the trees have stayed pretty much as they were early this morning. 

 

Icicles on the deck 6:00 am this morning.

My poor Arbor Vitae all bent over.  Large pine trees in back all broken.

My front yard tree, a thing of ethereal beauty.

My daffodils are ready to bloom, as you can see.  I hope they are hearty enough to withstand this ice storm and some cold weather.

 

Weather service is predicting more of same starting overnight tonight and all the way through Friday.  Old Man Winter, release your grip!