I need a little break from the game of tag, and thought you might be needing one as well. Instead, won’t you enjoy a few photos of our early spring here on the Cutoff, at the Morton Arboretum, and on our kitchen counter?
One of the “wild” visitors to our garden. Midnight the Cat.
Violets growing under Kezzie’s tree. A nice sight in March to remind me of my mother, whose name was Violet.
Buds getting ready to blossom on Kezzie’s tree, a crabapple.
The first of the Celandine poppies paid a surprise visit early yesterday morning.
A magnolia blossom near the Visitor’s Center of the Morton Arboretum.
The Daffodil Glade at the Morton Arboretum. Be sure to click on the pictures for a better look, especially the first photo, to appreciate how many daffodils there are blooming . . .
. . . and a few daffodils at my own kitchen sink.
Enjoy your day, wherever you are.
These require absolutely no comment, Penny. They stand beautifully on their own. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you, Karen and you are so very welcome.
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Lovely photos!
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Thank you, Becky – and for stopping by to comment. I took a peek at your blog. It is lovely. I am a gardener with dirt under my nails and will look forward to reading you. Congratulations on the launch of your blog. Penny
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I love this post Penny! Every picture is just a perfect representation of Spring.
(I thought I’d gotten over daffodil envy, since it snowed in Oregon recently and made me happy to not be there…but your pictures have re-activated it!) Seriously, though, I love seeing spring pictures, they bring back the greatest memories. Thank you.
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Thank you, Sallie.
Daffodils are such sweet reminders for all of us of spring, wherever we are. I saw that snow in Oregon. Yikes! That is the kind of snowfall we usually get up in here March (as my mother would say at this point, Penny bite your tongue). You are so very welcome, Sallie.
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Dear Penny, . . . those wonderful photographs of the daffodils growing wild amidst the trees reminded me of the poem by Wm. Wordsworth–“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.” In it he speaks of a “cloud of daffodils” and how they lift his spirits.
Kezzie’s tree is going to be lovely. Such a deep rich fuchsia color. Peace.
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A perfect poem for this time of year and daffodils, Dee. Thank you so much for calling attention to it and to Wordsworth. This glade was so much a “cloud of daffodils” and were so good for the soul.
It should be in bloom in the next few days and will be a joy to see. Thank you, Dee.
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Oh my, so beautiful. We live on different planets these March days, Penny. :<)
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It has been resplendent here this past week, Nan, albeit very early for these all to be blooming in March. I’ve decided to just enjoy it. You are surely in mud season by now.
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Wow, spring is really fully in bloom there. The photos are beautiful and I really like that vase display on the counter. We are not nearly as into spring here yet, but still the grass is greener every day and some stuff if starting to come up. Even then, it’s really early and so strange, though it’s beautiful.
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It is as if it were late April or early May, Katy and is beautiful, though I worry about a frost and snow that can surely come in March. As I said above, I’ve decided to just enjoy it. I’ll bring some of it up north with us in a few weeks. The daffodils will be long gone by then, maybe you’ll have some.
Isn’t it a wonderful vase? It was a gift from the outgoing president of our garden district as a thank you for serving on her board. I love it. Your sister was already playing with the stones.
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Lovely, Penny. Like Dee I felt a Wordsworthian moment come over me at the sight of so many daffodils. 🙂
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A “Wordswothian moment”. Such a wonderful descriptive phrase, Perpetua. I’ll tuck that under my daffodil petals and remember it year to year. Thank you.
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Spring is bursting out all over 😀 Huzzah!
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I just love the use of the word “Huzzah”. Thanks, Kate.
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Love all these flowers! Looks like spring. Have a great weekend!
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Oh, thank you, Sunday. It sure has been springy in these parts. You too.
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Oh, how beautiful! I love it. You do such a wonderful job with your photos.
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That is so sweet of you to say, Janet. Thank you. You would love these fields of daffodils. I’m so glad I stopped at the Morton on Wednesday for today’s rain fell pretty hard and they are probably not looking so good today. Seize the day.
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What beautiful signs of spring. It has really arrived! I especially love the photo of the violets, because my mother’s middle name was Violet! (what connections we keep discovering). In my memoir, ‘Touching Snow’, I tell the story of going off on my little tricycle in search of the ‘Emily Violets’ which grew under the hedges. They were her favourite flower as well as mine.
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What a sweet story, Juliet. ‘Emily Violets’.
When our daughter Katy married, she had violets on the tables as centerpieces in honor of her grandmother. When we invited guests to take them home, my cousins and friend who knew my mom came up, teary eyed, and thanked us. The best tribute came a year later as several called or wrote to tell us that they were blooming. On my desk is a picture of one of the pots, two years after the wedding, that a friend framed as a housewarming gift.
We were lucky, you and I, to have our sweet violets. Thank you, Juliet.
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Dear Penny, . . . my sister-in-law, a master gardener, sent the following video to me today. It is so lovely that I wanted to share it with you, especially because of your posting today. Peace.
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You made my heart sing, Dee. Thank you for this touching gift of life and joy.
I know I will come back and play it again.
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Penny, that pink magnolia blossom is a luscious photo. They’re all lovely, but that one made me stop and look several times. Thanks for this tour of spring in the Midwest.
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Thank you, Andra. It posed quite nicely for me. I’m so glad I stopped to take the picture on Wednesday as today’s storms have scattered all of the magnolias in the area to the ground. You are so very welcome.
Hope your dad continues to mend.
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I do love the daffodils, Penny! They are beautiful. Are they going to last with your early warm weather? I’ve planted bulbs a few times and waited patiently for them to bloom only to experience a streak of early heat and their little heads just wilt! But the glade is gorgeous. How nice to have had some time at the Arboretum. I have prearranged to get off work a little early on Tuesday for an event at our Botanical Gardens and I’m eager to see the signs of spring–rain is forecasted, so we’ll have to see! And I love the name Violet…a friend of mine has a brand new granddaughter they’ve named Violet! I was so delighted to hear that name resurface…I think it’s a lovely name! Debra
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Sad to say, Debra, but no, they didn’t last. The heat and then today’s storms have brought them to their knees. I’m so glad I stopped on Wednesday and captured them on camera while walking through the glade. I was only there a short time, but it was worth seizing the moment. Do enjoy your Botanical Gardens event. Bring your camera. Some of the best pictures of flowers are taken on a gloomy day. How sweet to hear that name again being given.
Thank you, Debra. Enjoy your weekend.
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Those are so beautiful. It’s been such a weird weather year this year–not that I am complaining for mild temps–only it is so unusual for the midwest. Usually it is so cold and snowy during winter that the change to spring is striking. This year it has all blended together. It’s been so warm that I was able to turn off my heat over a week ago and now everything is really greening up. Lovely flowers now! 🙂
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Thank you, Danielle. I know. We even turned on the air conditioner the other night. It’s off now as the weather cooled down and put it on mainly because I was having sneezing fits with the pollen. Isn’t it wonderful to see a sea of green instead of mud? Of course, we midwesterners hold on to our hats, knowing that March blizzards can still blow through. I’m thinking we are just going to go into an early summer. Enjoy the weather while you can – and of course, all those books.
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Your pictures are great, but Dee’s video was just beautiful. I could almost smell the Moonflower. Amazing how they can take pictures of the flower opening. Thank her for sharing…
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Wasn’t that spectacular? I’ve gone back to it a few times, enjoying the emerging flowers and the music. It seems so long to wait for moonflowers doesn’t it? With this weather, who knows? We may have them in July this year. I will, Sharon. Thank you.
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