Garden Pic Wednesday: Heralds of Spring!

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I know spring is in the air when the Daffodils start blooming!
These daffodils in my front bed are the first to bloom every year!
 Blueberries are starting to bloom. Yet, it's only Feb 1 and I'm not sure we're out of the woods for cold blasts, even in Florida.



Stop back tomorrow to see what's up for Mama Kat!

Comments

aestamary said…
Always my favourite time. Will miss it this year.
Feb 1, 2017, 4:37:00 PM
Dee D said…
me loves daffy-dills....and hyacinth. We got them here in TX now too. We're kind of on the same latitude lines [or is it longitude?] You know what I mean.
Feb 2, 2017, 6:55:00 PM

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