I went outside to play with my dog for a while. Of course I got sucked into walking around the gardens to see what was up. I cleaned the filters on the pond pump, and noted the need to clean some pine branches out from behind there. Filed that thought for future reference.
After I threw the ball a few times, I thought I’d peek around the corner in my rose/day lily beds. And this is what I found:
I found this to be so astonishing, I ran to get my camera in order to document it for posterity. I decided to investigate further. The hellebore (Lenten Rose) was doing this:
Not quite so astonishing, since they are supposed to bloom in the winter. However, this motivated me to move to the front of the house. There I found lots of tulip leaves emerging, also the leaves of the colchicums. And a few daffodils have been motivated by the wonderful warm weather as well:
So, now we are off to listen to blues up at the Filling Station. Lake of the Ozarks Blues Society (to which we belong) is having a fund raiser “Battle of the Bands” this afternoon. Having proved the efficacy of black lace and satin to our satisfaction, we are just in the mood to sit around having a few beers and listening to music.
In this way we will be able to forget for a while the fear lurking in our hearts: global warming and the upcoming climate change.
Just how fast IS it going to happen?
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