Suddenly, we are faced with a week of temperatures in the high 40's and even low 50's. And only mid-January. What can this mean? The Indian Plum bushes, one of the most common tall bushes in the undergrowth here has buds that are green and aching to open. The crocus tips are greening up nicely too. Seems a little early yet, but they don't look like they are in the mind to wait.
What mostly occupies my mind about this (after just being thankful for it not being so very cold) is that all those garden chores that were left undone last November are still out there waiting to be done: one raspberry bed not quite cut back; peonies not cut back; fuschia bushes, ferns, campion, hydrangeas, all of it not cut back. Which might mean that instead of blog writing, I should be out in the yard in this light moment between rains. The Protestant Ethics calls. Although, of course, one could be playing golf, if it didn't rain for a couple of hours and if the golf course part of the golf course were open.
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It looks like you got a lot of snow. That is a good picture of the mailboxes.
the snow came from an earlier snowstorm, not from this last cold spell. the photo, like all the good ones i use, is produced by my husband Ed. you can see his 'somewhere in point roberts' series here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65924740@N00/sets/72157623171902169
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