So Many Plants are Waking Up

 Welcome February, and no matter what that groundhog in Pennsylvania said, spring is definitely making its ways to Boise. My first flower of the season: a dandelion. Incredible! And great food for any insects always waking up.

 This is stonecrop, a sedum, sending up new growth. Many other types of sedum are evergreen.

 Strawberries! Yum.

I found daffodils poking up under leaf litter, along with tulips. Love the pink on these leaves.

Spring Friends

Busy morning under the bird feeder.

The Garden is Waking Up - to Weeds

Discovered in the strawberry patch: lemon balm. It's used for infusions and to flavor water, but in the strawberry patch, it's a weed. It can be aggressive and it re-seeds itself generously.

Tomato Cages

Painted two of them bright purple (leftover kiddo bedroom paint) last weekend. I have a few more to paint and hope to find "mistake paints" at the local store to give them the treatment.

Queen of the Thistle Feeder

I kept an eye on this female goldfinch for quite a while. She wasn't letting any other birds share lunch at the thistle feeder. Aren't her pink legs cute?

White Daffodil

This isn't a "true" white daffodil. A closer look shows the center is light yellow, and as these blooms age, they become more yellow.

Spring Flowers

My daffodils are on the north side of the house, so they wake up a bit later than some of the others in the area.

Creeping Jenny Returns

This is a perennial tucked into some of the pots and planters. It spills over the sides with tiny yellow blossoms.

Rose Bushes Waking Up

It's almost time to give them a severe trim, too.

Pussy Willow Wakes Up

Spied a couple of catkins yesterday...right after the snow storm :)

Spring is Official - First of the Season Lawn Mowing

Say "hi" to Jim. He takes care of the lawn mowing for us. He does a fabulous job and he's a really nice man who shares the goods from his home garden. He has a small farm within our city limits.

Sign of Spring

The maple tree in the backyard is waking up from its winter sleep.