Spring at Last!

Spring has been slow to get started this year after our wet and colder than normal winter.  Everything is greening up now and the blooming trees have been so pretty this year.  Above is my Aristocrat Pear in bloom.

My snowdrops were beautiful this winter and are still blooming into Spring.  Here are some of them with Columbine growing in front.

My tomato plants are finally in the ground and I have wrapped the cages with muslin fabric to protect them from strong winds while they are small.  I will remove the fabric when they get bigger and the weather heats up.

Cold, blustery day.

It's a cold winter day in Texas. Some areas are getting freezing drizzle and we are forecast to get some tonight. I am in by the fire, so thought I would try to get in a blog entry. This is the sort of day that makes you dream of spring and start planning the garden.

This is a photo of a large frog or toad who lived in a pot on the patio last summer. I'll bet he or she is hibernating somewhere and will be back in the spring. Often they dig down in the dirt of a pot and live there all winter.