Our
front dooryard is enclosed by a small section of split rail fence, which serves
as a gate into an alcove that leads to the door to the mudroom. This particular
place of the house receives more daily sunshine than any other, and it is the
first patch to melt in the spring sunshine. It is also a spot where we’ve
planted several early spring bulbs throughout the years, mostly so that we can
look for color when the spring hesitantly arrives.
This
morning I noticed two yellow and two purple patches of color amid the mulch we
put down last fall. There was also the hint of white.
The day
warmed quickly into the upper 40s, with clear skies and a brilliant sunshine
upon the ground. Late that afternoon, I made a point of checking on those spots
of colors, and sure enough they had emerged into full bloom in the span of only
several hours. We had two yellow and 2 purple crocuses and a handful of
snowdrops, our first real spring flowers.
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