Rooster, I have been clinging HARD to winter this year, not wanting it to end...but spring seems to be coming on, quite typically, in spite of me...
Crocus, snowdrops in February along with those glorious Japanese flowering cherry that are not native but they thrive here; such long-lasting blooms, still going! I saw wild trilliums right on time, earning their nickname Easter lily...daffodil, quince, now the lilac will burst open in a few days...
60*F (15*C) happened in April as usual, and then just yesterday our first day into the 70's! Today the wild thunderstorms which can come as winter gives way to spring...(sniff), my heart is really full with all this springtime drama on the Pacific raincoast!
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This spring in the land I was born is quite poignant for me, because I loved those 5 years in Iowa SO much and felt close to that riverine oak prairie savannah heartland...traumatic as it was being THAT far from any oceans!