Today, I’m grateful for the tiny blossoms on our apple trees.
Now that the apple trees have been sprayed with horticultural oil, I can enjoy the blossoms as they grow, and I can look forward to apples (hopefully) in the fall..
What are you grateful for today?
Today, I’m grateful for all the signs of spring I see on my morning walks.
Early bulbs have sprouted and blossomed; rhododendron and forsythia are blooming; and even the flowering trees are covered in big fat buds. Every morning brings more color. Nothing compares.
What are you grateful for today?
Today, I’m grateful for the promise that new buds hold.
These buds on our lilac bush are waiting for just the right combination of sun and rain, time and light, to open. The buds are a promise of the beauty to come if we would just have patience. And I’m looking forward to it. 🙂
What are you grateful for today?
Today, I’m grateful for rhododendron buds.
It seems too early, but I can already see the purple just waiting to burst through and cover the rhododendron bush with blossoms. 🙂
What are you grateful for today?
Today, I’m grateful for phlox.
It creeps across the gardens, filling in more and more space, like a slow motion ocean wave that breaks and washes across the flat sand. It’s early in the season, but I discovered a few of its tiny flowers the other day. 🙂
What are you grateful for today?
Today, I’m grateful for new leaves beginning to unfurl.
These are on a bush outside my front door. One more sign that spring is here. 🙂
What are you grateful for today?
Today, I’m grateful for daffodils blooming.
They always bring to mind my first boss, Mrs. Weston, who called them jonquils. I worked in a greenhouse in high school and had never heard the word “jonquils” before. Seeing them open in my own garden makes me a bit nostalgic. 🙂
What are you grateful for today?
Today, I’m grateful for a spring snowstorm.
Its big, fat flakes accumulate on grass and cars and trees, but in the end it’s no match for the rising temperatures of spring. It’s also a nice change of scenery in the midst of social-distancing and keeping close to home.
What are you grateful for today?
Today, I’m grateful for random crocuses that pop up in my backyard.
I planted them a long time ago in my front yard. Years of moving dirt around the yard as I changed the landscaping has scattered them. It’s always a surprise to find one or two in unexpected places.
What are you grateful for today?
Today, I’m grateful for yesterday’s good soaking rain (instead of snow!) in the middle of March.
In New England, the spring bulbs are sprouting, the flowering bushes are just beginning to blossom, and the dry ground desperately needed a drink. 🙂
What are you grateful for today?
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