I’ve spent the past many days moving plants outside,
repotting many of those plants, plopping several in the ground (because now, they are officially too big
for the biggest container I have that I can move), moving all the yard art
back out and deciding on a place for it (nothing
stays the same in my yard, year to year), and generally acknowledging that
spring is here. Yea!
Horta, welcoming
Spring
I’d be perfectly happy if it would stay spring like (temps today range from 70 to 50 – nice,
very nice, very, very nice) until June.
It could happen. So far this
year, I’ve had the AC on in January and the heat on in March – spring isn’t
totally out of the question.
Did you remember yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day? Wear green?
My father used to say that on St. Patrick’s Day, everyone was Irish – except
my Mother argued, she was not.
Wrong. Little did she know that
her 2nd great grandfather came from, yes … Ireland.
And, just in case you wonder about
such things - Saint Patrick lived during the fifth century. He was born in
Roman Britain, kidnapped at age 16, and brought to Ireland as a slave. He later
escaped, but returned to Ireland and was credited with bringing Christianity to
its people. One legend has it that he drove
the snakes away from Ireland. Sounds
cool but according to experts – there were no snakes in Ireland; that the
snakes were a symbol for the druids, whom Patrick is said to have driven out when he established Christianity.
One of the symbols for St. Patrick’s Day is – Shamrocks (oxalis
or clover, I hear you asking). Even
experts differ on which is what when it comes to that clover stuff in your
yard. But generally, the flower for
clover looks like this
and oxalis, like this
Or
The trees are blooming, well, not the pecans just yet, but
Oak
Redbud
and, my Loquat, which
bloomed last November
is covered with
fruit.
When I look out my kitchen window, I see . . . .
Beautiful Wisteria
blooms
18 Mar 2019
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