As I was making coffee this morning, I saw two robins on the fence beside our bird feeder. These little harbingers of Spring are a stark contrast to their frosty environment. It had rained over the weekend with the rain turning to some sort of sleet-like mess Monday and Tuesday. The forecast does not call for a break in the frigid weather until the first of April.

This year I’m going to take a shot at growing a lot of my flowering plants from seed. A gardening friend, Mr. D, will be bestowing Ms. A and I with a bunch of seeds  he harvested from his flowerbeds last Fall. I haven’t taken the time to assemble grow lights in the basement, so a lot of these seeds will be going straight into the beds when the soil has dried and warmed.

And finally, I noticed at the beginning of this week, the Lenten Rose will be blooming this year! It was introduced to the Lot during late Spring of 2009. Hopefully this icy weather will not damage the unfurling petals.