Friday, January 1, 2016

Happy New Year

I missed several days in the 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge, but I think I did pretty well, not being a particularly dedicated blogger.

Our crazy weather continues.  It does look like we are about to have more seasonable temperatures now.  We have had rain daily for the last nine days.  Everything is saturated, but the warm weather means all kinds of things are blooming.  I don't know what the long term impact of several nights in the 20s will be on these plants:


This is a star magnolia tree.  It is one of the earliest bloomers in our spring garden.  But seriously, January 1?


Azalea bush.  We have a variety of azaleas, most of which have buds on them.
Canna lily blooming.  These have not yet died back from the summer.  In many parts of the county the bulbs have to be dug up, as they will not over winter.
I saw this shasta daisy blooming this morning.