Spring Coming?

[Magicman]

Yup, the yellows have been showing for month, but these whites caught my eye today.


 
Almost all of them have finally opened.  No, that ain't snow.   ;D

[starmac]

I am hopeing for at least another month before temps get above freezing, a mont and a half would be much better.

[Den Socling]

I'm taking a leap forward by going to AZ for a couple weeks 'cause there sure isn't any flowers around here!

[curdog]

Yep, the daffodils at my girlfriends house are in full bloom, mine are a little slow , with only one having a bud formed.  But I did notice some trilliums starting to pop up in the woods today..... won't be long

[Gearbox]

I think it  will be a while here . - 14 this morning 5 inches of white yesterday and it wasn't flowers . Nice MM I can see your smile from here .

[thecfarm]

That looks good!!!!

[Kbeitz]

Wow... Lucky you... Wishing it was spring here....

[coxy]

Wow... Lucky you... Wishing it was spring here....

it shur acts like spring   today I was cutting in a teeshirt

[celliott]

40 degrees today, tomorrow high of 16, Friday 7 degrees. What a roller coaster! Full on spring temps look to be a long way out still.

[WV Sawmiller]

   Was 70 degrees here yesterday and predicted 21 here tonight. High around freezing tomorrow then in the 50s Friday.

   The first things to bloom here are typically cherries, redbuds and the forsythia (sp?). Our problem is a late freeze often gets the cherry crop. About every 5 years or so we get lucky and I get a decent cherry crop. Had my first bumper crop of peach blooms last year then a late freeze got all leaving me with 6 little green peaches part of the summer which all fell off before ripening. Nothing blooming here yet. I'm envious.

[Kbeitz]

This is the fist winter in my life time that I seen no frost in the ground
in Pa. I can just push a shovel in the dirt just like summer.

[Magicman]

Kb, did the snow insulate the ground and keep it from freezing?

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

That Ground Hog shadow will bite dem fliers.    :D :D :D

[caveman]

Azaleas have been blooming here for 5-6 weeks and the live oaks and black cherry trees have been growing new leaves over the past week or so.

[coxy]

why do you guys have to rub it in our face  8)

[Raider Bill]

Yesterday in my back yard

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

[Kbeitz]

Kb, did the snow insulate the ground and keep it from freezing?

Not really... Today is the first real snow we got.
I have not even put the plow on the tractor.
I just never got cold enough to freeze the ground.

[Roxie]

Thank you Magicman and Raider Bill for the pictures of spring, they couldn't have come on a better day! 

[thecfarm]

More nice pictures.
I'll take some of my flowers in June.  ;D

[Dave Shepard]

No sign of spring here. I could see where the axles dragged in the snow when I backed out of the garage this morning. Didn't see any ticks or mosquitos, however. :D

[21incher]

Glad to see it is spring somewhere, it gives me hope.  I had to plow 6 inches of spring this morning. 

[Magicman]

Have you glaciated guys ever thought that maybe it is the Grits??   ???   :D

[thecfarm]

Well you can keep 'em all. I can wait for June. Been waiting for June for about 55 years. What's a few more years. 

[caveman]

Raider Bill, did I see bouganvilla, periwinkle (vinca), and bird of paradise?  I don't think I am familiar with the bottom one.

Coxy, The temperatures here in the winter and early spring are often comfortable but for those of you who have allergies it is certainly a time for a stuffy head, itchy eyes and a runny nose.  It will be 98° with 90% humidity before too long here and those of you in more temperate zones will be the envy of us.

[paul case]

That Ground Hog shadow will bite dem fliers.    :D :D :D

OLD phil better watch out. He has a way of ticking me off. Swine season is open and I am armed.

PC

[Brucer]

Yup, the yellows have been showing for month, but these whites caught my eye today.

We've got "whites" showing around here, too. They're about 4' deep, I mean high, and still growing :D.

[Raider Bill]

Raider Bill, did I see bouganvilla, periwinkle (vinca), and bird of paradise?  I don't think I am familiar with the bottom one.

Coxy, The temperatures here in the winter and early spring are often comfortable but for those of you who have allergies it is certainly a time for a stuffy head, itchy eyes and a runny nose.  It will be 98° with 90% humidity before too long here and those of you in more temperate zones will be the envy of us.

Brazilian star burst

http://www.south-florida-plant-guide.com/clerodendrum-quadriloculare.html

[Roxie]

That Ground Hog shadow will bite dem fliers.    :D :D :D

OLD phil better watch out. He has a way of ticking me off. Swine season is open and I am armed.

PC

Yes, Phil was forced to acknowledge that spring won the popular vote at #notmygroundhog. 

[Czech_Made]

Nice thing about Virginia is, that the Spring comes several times every year and I enjoy it every time  ;D



You can't fit all four seasons into one week.

Hold my beer and watch this, says Virginia.

[LaneC]

  There are a lot of flowers down here also, but I have not seen the honeybees taking advantage of the weather and flowers. I am not going to plant anything until I see a lot more bees flying

[curdog]

 

 

I'm slowly catching up on spring flowers. Noticed the first bloom on my daffodil this morning...windows open in the house this morning and already 70 degrees...

[Ox]

You guys are showing flowers and I just looked out my window and see half a whiteout.  >:( ;) :D

[gspren]

   This morning while enjoying my second cup of coffee and looking out across the back field I saw the first groundhog this year, yesterday I saw a Robin but I think some of them never left this year.

[Kbeitz]

Our local groundhog commuted suicide last week when he tried to
cross the street.

[Roxie]

   This morning while enjoying my second cup of coffee and looking out across the back field I saw the first groundhog this year, yesterday I saw a Robin but I think some of them never left this year.

We saw robins too!  We also thought people would tell us we're crazy, but I noted there were five robin's vs. one groundhog, so spring DID win the popular vote. 

[coxy]

the way its looking its going to be 14 more weeks of winter here in NY

[Ox]

I just read several people calling them a groundhog.  Does anybody use the term woodchuck or is it just me?

[Dave Shepard]

We call them woodchucks here, too. It is also a name given to people of a less refined and criminal nature.

[Raider Bill]

Woodchuck

[Kbeitz]

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck
could chuck wood..

Now whats the one for groundhog ?

[Roxie]

He doesn't need a tongue twister in Pennsylvania, and we gave him his own day, and it's not woodchuck day.  I didn't even know that some folks called them woodchucks until I was well into my thirties. 

[coxy]

 we call them woodchucks too  I never heard of the term whistle pig for them until I joined the ff   

[curdog]

We've got groundhogs, never really heard anyone in person call them a woodchuck.. maybe an occasional whistle pig, but no chucks  ;D

[gspren]

  So if you go into your local butcher shop and ask for a pound of "ground chuck" will they get it for you.

[coxy]

in some of the woodchuck places I have been chances are good  :D 8)

[Kbeitz]

I've had woodchuck meat. It's a strong meat but not bad.

[thecfarm]

Wood chuck here too. City folk might call them ground hogs here in Maine. 

[coxy]

I've had woodchuck meat. It's a strong meat but not bad.

most of the time if its strong someone forgot to cut the little white glands out from under the front legs

[starmac]

Majicman had to start this post. We got rain yesterday, 20 degrees and raining, that is not suppose to happen, freezeing as fast as it hit anything.

By the time I got to the landing, my log truck and everything was covered in a 1/4 inch of solid ice, luckily the rain didn't last too long.

[terrifictimbersllc]

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck
could chuck wood..

Now whats the one for groundhog ?

How much ground could a groundhog grind if a groundhog could grind ground?

[Magicman]

 

 
The Camella beside our drive is showing out.  Crabapples are blooming everywhere.

[justallan1]

It's sure acting like spring in eastern Montana. The ground is just stiff enough that I don't need 4wd to feed the cows in the mornings. If the wind keeps it up and it doesn't rain I MIGHT be able to start farming up some fields pretty quick and believe this for sure, I'm plenty ready to go fix fence or get some farming done.
It's been a decent winter, but I'm ready to go play outside.

[Darrel]

No flowers here yet. It did get up to 47° F on Valentines Day.  Still 4" of snow at my place.

[Kbeitz]

I finished up my second zip-line trolley yesterday. I thought I
was going to freeze my fingers off trying it out. I sure wish I
had some flowers to look at. I got 22f outside right now.

[goose63]

Kbeitz come on over here 56 yesterday 58 today big flock of Geese going north.

I can saw in the morning untill 9am or so then the yard turns to mud and Nancy is not HAPPY with me makeing tracks in the yard with the tractor getting my log' :os

[Roxie]

Another sure sign of spring, the snow geese and tundra swans are heading north, about two or three weeks early.   

[barbender]

We're having a "pre-spring" also known as "logger's headache", it must've hit 50° today. Our trucks can only run from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m. on local county roads.

[Darrel]

Another sure sign of spring, the snow geese and tundra swans are heading north, about two or three weeks early.   

My wife and I were admiring thousands of snow geese on the ponds on our way to our property yesterday. In April, we'll be watching for baby sandhill cranes on these same ponds.

[SwampDonkey]

Three snow storms this week, no flowers yet. But yesterday it got to almost 40F. It's a start anyhow. :D

[Magicman]

 

 
My Mom's old Pear tree that she planted ~1937, is blooming again.  It struggles each year but at least it is trying.


 
The Wisteria in our back yard is showing out.


 
And this guy finally crawled out for some sun, and it stayed around most of the day.


 
It stayed in about the same spot but it did change positions a few time.  It finally crawled off so now I do not know where it is.  :  It's probably the same one that I watched molt last year.

[Den Socling]

Although some people don't believe it, snakes are good neighbors. Thank you, Lynn, for not wacking it with a shovel.

[Darrel]

I like snakes.

[Kbeitz]

If they don't bother me then I don't bother them...



 

[SwampDonkey]

I see them all the time in the woods, especially on rocky ground with some water around. They catch frogs and dryer places, mice.

[WV Sawmiller]

   Looked out the window this morning and we have eastern bluebirds flying from the fence to the porch rail to the yard and various trees. First I have seen in many years and as far as I can remember the first I have seen in WV. One robin was chasing one away. Also several woodpeckers (Downy & Red-bellied) and an excessive number (meaning more than 1) blue jays.

[Ox]

Looked out the window this morning and I can see the road again after the additional snowfall yesterday.  If this keeps up we'll have 4 foot of snow down.  :-\
Thanks for sharing your pics of spring and better times.  It gives me hope.  :laugh:

[coxy]

ox why would you thank them  >:(  I was always told not to tease anyone  now ill have to look for my tissues and crayons and go pout in the corner  :D :D :D 8)  I have +60 on the corner of my porch  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

[Magicman]

I hope that the logs are under a shade tree tomorrow because the forecast says 82° and sun.   

[curdog]

It's going to take us a day longer to reach 80, only 70 tomorrow, but we'll be at 80 on Tuesday..
Birds are building nest and I've seen a few snakes slithering around... I could probably mow the grass, but I would rather wait as long as possible

[Ox]

Why oh why couldn't I have been born south of the Mason Dixon?  It's where I belong.

[coxy]

dang I tried to not like MM post but it went back to the start  :D :D

[plowboyswr]

Hit 80 here today. The wife and I fired up the mowers and whittled down the weeds in the yard. The daffodils are on the second blooming spree, that cold weather that hit during the Chilly Chili set em back. And I noticed that the leaves on the dogwood are about 1/2" long. The apple tree has buds a showing. and the hackberry in the pasture has turned green.  ;D

[Gearbox]

Spring is on it's way . Has been above zero for 2 weeks . That's F to you guy's in C land .

[Magicman]

It was 86° F at my sawing job yesterday.

[pineywoods]

Not quite yet, the dogwoods are blooming, pear trees and blueberries in full bloom, pine trees are shedding tons of yellow pollen, oaks are budding out, but the pecan trees are still asleep.

[Crusarius]

I still have 20" of snow. Looks like more coming tomorrow.

[curdog]

If anyone needs 20-30 degrees of warmth, I'll send it to them. The truck thermometer has been bouncing between 85-88 this afternoon.  I'm all for spring, but we're easing towards summer a little quick

[Ed_K]

 We had a flock of Robin's come thru  last Friday. That's our first sign of spring 😎.

[Darrel]

Wind been blowing awfully hard this afternoon susposed to snow tomorrow. Tumble weeds hurrying past, I wonder where they grew. The ones that grew here have been gone for months.

[Magicman]

Speaking of Tumble Weeds,  since there are none in Mississippi, I once hatched upon the idea of capturing one and bringing it home for decoration.  Just think how neat that would be??   So we were cruising along, probably somewhere in Wyoming, and happened upon a nice herd of them corralled up and they would be easy pickings.  Matter of fact, I would have the "pick of the litter", so I parked the truck and made my stalk.  I reached and grabbed my target  or did it grab me ??   :-\

That very moment in time is when I learned both why they don't grow in Mississippi, and why I did not want or need a souvenir.  Mother Nature has many ways of teaching you lessons.   :P

[WV Sawmiller]

   Let's think that through - kudzu, multi-flora rose, autumn olive, et. al now we add tumbleweeds to our list of wonderful imports.

   Actually I drove a truck for a major shipping company for a few months at one stage in my life and had the same thought when driving through Arizona and Nevada and such. I also found out they are not as friendly up close as they appear from a distance.

[Darrel]

They get caught on the fence and if the fence has only T posts and no wood near by, I've been known to strike a match to them and burn them right there. Burns hot and fast, then they're gone.

[Magicman]

The King Snake spent yesterday laying in the sun again and I was expecting to see it again today.  It was not there about 9:00 and when I passed by the spot at about 10:00, this is what was there.


 
It had crawled out from under the pavement, molted, and crawled away.  Now I don't know where it is ??  That is really not a problem, but it startles me when it catches me by surprise.   

[WV Sawmiller]

   Okay, my peach finally opened out yesterday and more today. Hope we don't get a late freeze like last year which wiped me out. I saw cherry trees blooming a mile or so down the road at slightly lower elevations. Mine could bloom any day now. I see my apples are just pinking up a bit and it was pretty breezy this afternoon blowing maple blooms everywhere.


 
Peach tree blooming

[Darrel]

Spring Coming? Yup, here's the proof! This is what I woke up to this morning. ;D

[Den Socling]

I don't envy you, Darrel. Patti and I have been outside all morning picking up sticks. There are a lot of trees in our yard and we have never seen so many branches on the ground. Tomorrow will be the start of mowing the grass.

[Magicman]

No injuries, but we had a tornado that came through our area last week bringing down many trees and causing much damage.   :-\ 

[sandhills]

Glad all is well Lynn, unfortunately with the beauty of spring also comes severe weather, everything here is just budding out and the grass is greening up nice, time for another freeze I guess  :-\.

[WV Sawmiller]

   I had to mow the yard for first time last week then woke up to snow yesterday morning and warmed up to around 60 today and low 70's tomorrow. I hope my peach tree, cherry trees and a volunteer pear (with egg sized fruit) which are in full bloom were not hurt. It just barely reached at or near freezing and we had wind which usually is better than a dead calm cold spell.

[Den Socling]

I had a tractor & trailer here at 9 this morning. Instead of pulling in and driving around our circular driveway to the shop as we told him, he insisted on backing in. He kept running off the driveway and into the grass. Then he would spin his tires, go forward and try again. What a mess he made. Mowing grass tomorrow is going to be real hard on my blades. I tried knocking the ruts down with a rake and driving over them with my pickup. Some way to start spring mowing!  >:(

[Darrel]

The sun is shining and it is snowing at the same time and the lawn needs mowing.

[petefrom bearswamp]

4-6" snow day before yesterday, melting fast now.
Son and grandson coming today to cut and skid some firewood.
Supposed to get sunny and to high 60s today.