Happy March Everyone! Winter is shutting down! Yahoo!

[vesper]

It's going to hover around 0C for the next couple weeks here to, but March bring hope!

March is Viagra for grumpy people!

March is when you start to get excited like kids on Christmas eve!

March is Thursday for a Friday night first date!

Yahoo!!

[Shwa Girl]

Oh, my gosh, I'm SO happy right now! The talk of spring flowers got me a'googling - and I finally found the English name of flowers we have growing here. My husband knew the name in his language, but I've never been successful before finding the proper name of them, even though I've found images online from Serbia.

When we moved here, not long after my husband had found some of these creeping through someone else's garden through the fence into the alley, and replanted them in our yard - they come up first in the spring and don't last for long, they are very tiny and on thin stems, but the fragrance is out of this world - SO sweet, so fresh!!! I pick bunches of them and just keep sniffing them all day long right under my nose!
Drawback - they spread and are pretty invasive... but don't last long.



lat. Viola odorata; serbian: ljubičica

I should have known they were of the viola family, duh! Dog violets look similar, but don't have the scent.
Of violas, Johnny jump-ups are my fave!

Sweet violets, Bedding Violas and Pansies are all classified as "violas". Sweet Violets descended from the European wild sweet violet, Viola odorata.

I love Johnny Jump Ups! They are great in pots, so they don't spread. If you buy them as "annuals" from the garden centres, you get an extra bonus - come back the next year too. Like a Buy One Get One (BOGO) sale

[lecale]

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[Natalka]

lecale, I've never seen those, they are so cool!

Apparently snowdrops come early, but I've never seen them, either.

For us, it was going out hunting in the fields not far from our house to look for crocuses - croci?
Mom would be so thrilled when we'd bring them home... yeah, full of tiny little bugs, lol!

When my son was young, his big thrill was bringing me the first dandelion!

Actually, he did it last year - when he was 20 - and it brought tears to my eyes! I put in lovingly in a small vase!

[Lynn49]

Okay..it's starting; as long as I look at the photos here and not turn towards the window I'm fine.......sort-of....
Oh, the thought of getting grubby planting our garden urns again!!! Seeing all those red tulips in the front of our house turn up..then the lilies...my "Wild Horses" one....I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

[lecale]

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[xox2010]

Woohoo! Cannot wait! We had a massive storm here Wednesday and our road still isn't plowed! It's supposed to snow again on Sunday too The trees do look beautiful with all of the snow on them though.

[Natalka]

[redhdlois]

Beautiful sunny warm day here on the West Coast....bought some more spring bulbs today. Love all the bright spring colours!

Love this time of year.....the weather can only get better and better !!

[vesper]

^^^^^ Wow!

I want to move there!!

[Natalka]

[Natalka]

[vesper]

I am thinking about cheating!! They got $200 flights to Phoenix (RT) where I am at. Is it worth spending that much to spend 8 hours in summer?\

YES!!

[i_forget]

It is 17 C outside right now!!

i spent the afternoon in the country walking trails and driving with the windows DOWN!

It was exhilarating!

[vesper]

It is 17 C outside right now!!

i spent the afternoon in the country walking trails and driving with the windows DOWN!

It was exhilarating!

17C??

Oh man lucky you!!