This too shall pass

by Donna Andrews.

I could tell you about our latest eight inches of snow--nothing by Boston standards, but pretty impressive for around here.  I could share pictures of snowdrifts and birds fluffed against the cold, waiting their turn at my feeder.  But who wants to see more of that?  So instead . . . 

They're coming.  Spring and summer.  Warm nights. Garden weather.  Beach weather.  Shirtsleeve weather. I'm not going to ask anyone to clap hands like Peter Pan trying to rescue Tinkerbell.  Just thought I'd share a few photos of things we've almost forgotten could exist.   But they do.  Or at least they will.

Comments

[Karen in Ohio]

Donna, that raspberry coneflower is so gorgeous. Is that from your garden?

Thanks for the little taste of non-snow, non-frigid. We needed that.

[Donna Andrews]

From my garden, although I did not grow it from seed. No idea if it will come back this year. It's in a planter, which means it's more vulnerable to cold, and boy, have we had cold this winter. But I have acquired some seeds for the same or a similar coneflower, so one way or another I hope to have more of them.

[Hank Phillippi Ryan]

Yes,yes, thank you!

From under 7 feet of snow..xooxo

[Donna Andrews]

From under a mere two feet of snow, I hope it helps a little!

[Margaret Turkevich]

it might be a pink double delight coneflower or raspberry truffle. My favorite is pink poodle, which survived last year's hideous winter with robust blooms. The daylilies also had an outstanding summer last year.

[Kait Carson]

What a glorious deep breath of fresh springtime air! Thank you.

[Mary S.]

Beautiful. I love the bee. So nice of him to pose!

[Donna Andrews]

My coneflowers did well, but it was their first year. Daylilies . . . you must not have deer.

And Mary, I stalk the bees.