The dogwood trees are putting out leaves...

[Elidor]

Soon the old lawnmower out back will require twenty yanks to start again, the garden will have to be re-dug by shovel-AGAIN, my true love and I will take long walks around the lake again, and my days will be consumed with disc golf and weekend caving. Again.

I can't wait. :)

Life is good, mostly.

[DebJ]

1. What state? I miss the Maryland dogwoods, azaleas and

daffodils. No one in York Pa seems interested in flowers. (pout)

[Elidor]

2. Tennessee

Spring is about to be sprung in Tennessee.

[bamademo]

7. Alabama

Crocuses, Jonquils (Daffodils) and Redbud's. Also, the Weeping Willows and the Redbud's.

I saw Bluebirds this past weekend scoping out nesting boxes. I'm waiting for the Hummingbirds to come back to my feeder.

[Wcross]

13. I have noticed the birds.

I had a beautiful Cardinal vist for a while today and many bluebirds. Still waiting on the trees to bloom out.

[Wcross]

9. What part of Tennessee?

I am in bedford county (about 60 miles south of Nashville), my pink dogwood is still waiting. I have turned my garden over (by shovel) and added some cow manure to the mix. I am thinking about starting the garden off at the end of the month.

[Elidor]

10. Putnam County-80 miles east of downtown Nashburg

Smart money says there will be another hard freeze in the next month, though I could be wrong. I'm waiting for it nonetheless.

[Lars39]

3. Daffodils are blooming here,

and I noticed today that forsythia is starting to bloom. :)

[Elidor]

5. It's wonderful, isn't it...except for the allergies

I'd gladly chop down those dogwood trees with mad glee if I could, because once they bloom, I'll be sick for a week. Nasty things. Between them and the Red Oaks, I'm semi-ill for several days each spring. And mid-TN is bad with funky mold, too. Still, I can't complain.

[Lars39]

8. Spring is gorgeous here, but hard on those allergic.

I could have cheerfully done away with a former neighbor of mine one year.
He cut down every single dogwood in his yard, while they were blooming.
Just made me heartsick.

[Elidor]

11. Ooops, see my post below, hehehe.

I don't much cotton to dogwoods, either.

[Bok_Tukalo]

4. We see it differently

The blooming of Bradford Pears are the indication that the short respite is over and summer is about to come down with a dull, hot, sickening thud.

[Elidor]

6. I understand your view

I'm not crazy about the heat, but I hate cold with a passion. The one exception is the soothing cold of a fresh cave on a bitterly hot summer day. God's own AC. But I find as I get older that I'm more sensitive to heat and less to cold.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

12. I'm waiting for the daffodils to bloom!

The foliage is up around the trees at school, but the blooms are still several weeks away, I fear. I haven't seen any crocuses yet, not even peeking through the invariably present snow.