I was inspired by Lisa’s post on Northwest Frame of Mind about finding an early bloomer in her winter garden and Simon from Weekly Fifty who posted about finding an interesting photographic subject when there seems to be none, particularly during the winter.
Yesterday, I stepped out my front door into the windy and below freezing temperatures of New Jersey and at first glance I thought there is nothing to find. Snow and ice. Brown dead leaves. Shriveled up remnants of flowers in my garden. Or so I thought. I walked over to the part of my garden where there is a bed of hellebore plants. Nope nope nope…oh wait a minute…what’s that? There in the middle of dead leaves, there was a patch of green and the sign of buds opening – maybe 2 to 3 inches high, pretty pink buds. My heart skipped a beat. It’s February and I see something growing, actually blooming in my garden. Yes yes yes, spring is a-coming.
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February 17, 2017 at 11:04 pm
Gorgeous! I’m so happy to hear you were inspired to look for your blooms on such a chilly day. 🙂
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February 18, 2017 at 4:34 am
Beautiful buds.
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March 11, 2017 at 12:02 am
Thank you.
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March 12, 2017 at 3:59 am
You are welcome 🙂
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February 18, 2017 at 1:41 pm
A beautiful sign of early spring! 🙂
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March 11, 2017 at 12:02 am
Yes indeed. Thank you Amy.
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February 19, 2017 at 1:43 am
Beautiful! It’s always exciting to see new flowers emerging. We don’t get any snow where we live in Melbourne (Australia), so it doesn’t get so barren here, but we do have periods where there is not much flowering.
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March 11, 2017 at 12:03 am
Thank you. It’s always so interesting to hear about gardening in other countries.
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February 22, 2017 at 8:42 am
What a gorgeous set of images, Mar! And I like the story that goes with it too. You never know when you’ll stumble across something beautiful, even in the middle of winter 🙂
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February 22, 2017 at 11:28 am
Thank you so much Simon! I don’t have a 50 mm but instead I used my 40 mm to capture these. Interestingly, the weather here in NJ has gotten quite mild. It’s been 10 to 15 degrees warmer than average (went to the beach this past Saturday). Now the weather forecasters are saying that it will be in the upper 60’s the next few days and possibly hit 70 by Friday. A little crazy but I am all for warmer weather.
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February 24, 2017 at 12:25 pm
Perfect. They give us such hope. I’m normally in Michigan this time of year and I do the same thing. If we get a little break in the snow I’m checking to see if anything is coming up. Usually about now there is something out there. It just takes a bit of looking to find it. This year I’m in Alabama, so I don’t know what’s in my garden at home. But I expect there is stuff up that will soon get snowed on. Again.
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March 11, 2017 at 12:05 am
Thank you Dawn for commenting. We had a warm spell for a little while and now snow again.
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April 26, 2017 at 1:00 pm
Beautiful.
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May 7, 2017 at 5:28 am
How incredibly touching, thank you for sharing this
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