Nearly Spring

What a difference a week makes.

Last weekend we had snow, this weekend we are expecting 22 degrees C on Sunday, before another cold front and back to 10 degrees C on Monday.  We'll just enjoy the warmth while we can.

Yesterday, when I was out in the garden I was delighted to see that the very first of our bulbs have opened up.  

There were no bulbs here when we moved in and we are going to have heaps in flower this year.  They are popping up all over the place, and honestly, we can't remember what we planted where for half of them, so it will be a lovely surprise seeing them bloom.  Many of the early ones we planted have really grown into nice sized clumps.  We may have to do some dividing after they flower this year.

When we lived in town in our first house we had a shady garden along the side fence.  We tried to grow pretty flowers, but next door's violets kept coming through and we considered them to be nuisance weeds.  Finally, we gave up and just let them completely take over and fell in love with their winter blooms.

When we lived out of town it took a while for us to have anywhere shady to grow them, but we then eventually introduced several different varieties and colours.  

Now that we are back in town, we brought some with us.  It appears that we only have three colours, but those ones are doing well.  

The last photo is of our daffodils around the rose bush near the front door.  One will be in bloom in the next day or so.  These have also been carted around with us, the originals being gifted to us by dear friends many years ago, also while we were still living in our first house in town.  They didn't flower the first year we were here, and last year we missed most of them as we were overseas, so we are really looking forward to seeing them this time.  I couldn't help myself, I had to count the buds - there are over 40!  This should be quite some show.

I'm so looking forward to the garden waking up, although it will be a bit of a challenge this summer with strict water restrictions.