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The doldrums...

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I am finally emerging from the doldrums of winter.  Every year it effects me worse than the year before.  I am so happy that things are turning green and I am able to walk outside most mornings now.  Yes, I could walk in the cold and the snow, but that is a another situation entirely. I am always happy to see the early bulbs and I have some new plants already growing in the indoor garden in the hopes for early transplant.  Was I over-zealous and started them too early, yep... Not much to babble on this morning and moreover, I just don't feel like it.  However, I did like the picture of the tulips.  Unfortunately, the hyacinth, which is generally the case, succumbed to the hard freeze after they tried to flower.  This actually happens nearly every spring.  The tulips are a bit hardier. Well, for now - I'm good (MMGA) - JJ

A Lewis Carroll moment...

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  I may have been down a bit of a rabbit hole as of late.  Not the hole they dug next to my dog's run, but a theoretical rabbit hole.  I don't know about all of you, but I can spend a lot of time in my head.  Too much sometimes and then before you know it, days, weeks, have passed. The cold weather never helps and even after moving back to upstate nearly 26 years ago, I miss the sunshine.  However, these last few days have been warm and sunny and I have been outside, prepping some soil, getting gardening items ready (to the best of my ability).  And all of this getting outside makes me: and boy do I need to clean up my office!  Better get that done before true gardening season (though seed starting is already underway). I look forward to taking some pictures once my flowers come up (fingers crossed every year!). To be honest, I really haven't been on the computer much (hence the lack of posting).  I would tell you where my time has gone, but I don...