Spring is ... Springing

It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! ~Mark Twain

I can't say that spring has sprung, because it's not *quite* done doing its thing. But -- WOW -- are things warming up early this year. Two things have made it feel like spring to me.

First, check this out -- these are from the garden in front of my house:




Second, I had to pull in my bird feeders last night. NH Fish & Game report bear sightings, even in the far north, so the bird feeder raiders are awake and HUNGRY. I've never pulled them in this early. I usually wait until mid-April, though last year my feeders got nabbed early by our backyard bear.

I even worked outside, raking leaves out of my one "woods" garden because I know the daffodils are coming up and I have piles and piles of them in there. Last year, I didn't rake it out right away and the poor daffs were growing as best they could under their heavy load and when I finally raked, they were a good 3 - 4" high, but bent over and pale, pale green from no sun exposure. Poor critters. Not this year! Nope, I went out and got my first blisters of the year -- but their little nubs are exposed to the sun.

I'm even going to plant my seeds early. I'm planning on making little miniature greenhouses out of discarded milk jugs and liter bottles, and will put those over the tops of my most tender plants until it's safe to let them out into the big bad world for real.

Yeppers.... from here on out, it's gardening season. *G*

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You Are a Tiger

You are an even tempered, controlled person. You assess situations carefully. You are aggressive, but you are never out of control. You pick and choose your battles. You are rational and calm. Even if something should effect you, you don't let it. You are cool and calculating. People can rely on you, as long as they don't cross you!

What Safari Animal Are You?

LOL.. that's pretty close to correct!

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