gfizer Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 My 9 year old just delivered a handful of the first dandelions of the season to my office door! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcjenkins Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 The best way to start Spring, for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmars Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 I know spring is here when all the crazy clients start popping up like weeds. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolbeck Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Yeah the crazy clients that seem to know they owe and figure if they procrastinate long enough my Heavy Duty Magic Wand will make it all go away. "You have no life or other clients than me"... Grr They are coming out of the woodwork like fleas... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 I still have 6' tall snow banks. It's going to be a while before I see dandelions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcjenkins Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 I bet they were not dandelions, but daffodils, which are some of the earliest blooming flowers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elrod Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 I bet they were not dandelions, but daffodils, which are some of the earliest blooming flowers. These are the earltest...........Can ya guess what they are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklcpa Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 For the blue ones pictured on top, is that Siberian Squill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcjenkins Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Beautiful Iris. Crocus are also very early. For some reason, it will not let me post a pic today, even tho it's a jpg that should be allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcjenkins Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 For the blue ones pictured on top, is that Siberian Squill? Squill petals are smaller, those are Iris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elrod Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Yep....all iris's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfizer Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 I bet they were not dandelions, but daffodils, which are some of the earliest blooming flowers. Nope. They were dandelions. My daffodils haven't bloomed yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcjenkins Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 OK, my daffys and crocus were always the first thing to bloom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 My crocuses are buried under ice that avalanched (as snow) from my solar panels. The last of the un-melted ice.... my poor shrubs got SO hammered. Next year I'll have to build those A-frames over them. My daylilies are starting to sprout, though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elrod Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Siberian Squill Crocus Daffodil 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklcpa Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 I've got crocus, and the daffodils are almost ready to open. I'm also seeing the start of growth on the roses and my weeping cherry tree has buds. Last night I was very pleased to see grass turning green and earthworms. Sounds silly or corny, I know, but I love this time of year and to see all the things growing after the winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfizer Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 I love spring, too. We will probably have to start mowing within the next week or so. I don't think I will even mind that after this past winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcjenkins Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 My roses are blooming like crazy already. One positive thing about central CA. No winter at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Brown and dead and temperatures are going to drop 20 degrees. My crocuses got buried during the ice storm of 2010; that might've been when we lost the daffodils and day lilies, too. Guess I should do some planting this year. No green buds on the trees, but they're pollinating and stirring up my allergies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolbeck Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 I love spring, too. We will probably have to start mowing within the next week or so. I don't think I will even mind that after this past winter. Rub it in! I just want to see all of the snow gone! And the permafrost not be so muddy in the driveway... We may hit 40 today though... mid 30's tomorrow. Hope we do not run out of heating oil, it cost $1k in March to fill. So sick of Winter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Rub it in! I just want to see all of the snow gone! Any the permafrost not be so muddy in the driveway... We may hit 40 today though... mid 30's tomorrow. Hope we do not run out of heating oil, it cost $1k in March to fill. So sick of Winter! One of my friends (in NH) has a daily picture on facebook of the snow between him and his grill, out on the porch. When the snow pile is gone, it will officially be spring, he says. This morning it was about the size of a loaf of bread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfizer Posted April 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Rub it in! I just want to see all of the snow gone! Any the permafrost not be so muddy in the driveway... We may hit 40 today though... mid 30's tomorrow. Hope we do not run out of heating oil, it cost $1k in March to fill. So sick of Winter! Sorry. I feel for you. We had so much snow this winter that my kids even got tired of going out to play in it. They were begging to go back to school! We were planning our vacation last week and I told them we had decided to go to Alsaka. I thought there was going to be mutiny. Hope things warm up for you soon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyfeet Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 BEAUTIFUL! Siberian Squill Crocus Daffodil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Think I'll print all of them, cut them out, and paste them over my window panes to hide the gray sky, bare gray trees, brown grass, and all the logs from the trees knocked down during Sandy and Nemo/Athena. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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