Good morning, and it's safe to come out now. Welcome to Saturday Morning Garden Blogging.
Well, we made it through the holidays, and we made it through the first days of recreational marijuana sales, and the Christmas stuff is all packed away — so I guess it's back to whatever passes for normal these days back at Casa de Frankenoid.
Arwen the Terrible is extremely grateful — enough so that she managed to stay still for a photo (even if she hasn't yet figured out the Mister's post-retirement presence around the house, and she's uncertain about exactly when she's supposed to be whining for food).
And, what's been "normal" this winter in Denver is a beautiful day (yesterday was sweater weather, with a high of 62°) immediately followed by a blast of arctic cold (forecast for today is a high of 23°, low of 4°, and even colder tomorrow).
But I know we're closing in on gardening season because the first of my forced hyacinth have bloomed. Usually Jan Bos (a deep magenta pink) is my earliest bloomer, but this year the very first bloom was a Pink Pearl (pink with deeper stripes) and the pictured Fondant, the palest, palest pink.
Damned but they smell good.
And then there are the gardening catalogues stacking up on the corner of the table. It's odd but, although I've rid myself of most dead tree catalogs and just go straight on-line, with seeds and plants I really like sitting with the paper version — maybe with a fire in the fireplace, and snow blowing around outside and a pootie snuggled up on a cuddly blanket. Custom made for dreaming.
Guess we have the weather for it this weekend.
That's what's happening here. What's going on in your gardens?