Monday, March 30, 2015

March 30


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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