Happy New Year!

Karen

Happy New Year, Everyone!

...an empty palette, just waiting for us to brush it up with little dots of color and form, carefully applied, and begun on each new morn'!

Happy New Year everyone. A tad late but we went out last night to celebrate.................. I ain't as young as I used to be.

Chelle, love the painting!! Yes, I am sure Spring is out there somewhere.. Great new tulip avatar!! :smily:

LOL Cherie!!

Thanks, Janice!

By our avatars alone it's very apparent that we're yearning for Spring, isn't it?

I was going to put up a pretty snow scene, but I'm looking at a blizzard of snow outside my windows now, so I'm rather glad I didn't....I'm seeing enough of it as it is!

Here's one from last year....we haven't had more than a skim of ice on the lake so far this winter.




This one is dated January 16th, so we're way behind on ice development!

Nice photo, Chelle.

Hope the blizzard stops soon!

We're under a winter storm warning right now....they're saying 6-10 inches, and then dropping into the bitter cold ranges of the temperature scale. I've been out doing last minute stuff (mostly for the farm animals) in preparation for it.

I'd like to sow some more seed so that it could be covered and protected by all of the snow to come, but it's much too windy right now. That's not helpful for seed sowing, but it is keeping the internet dish snow-free....for now at least!

Well we got snow "yuck" but only about maybe a quarter maybe a half an inch. This winter is weird no snow at Christmas. We got what we have into snow last night, Going down to the single digits tonight though. My poor plants out there. They are used to snow blankets before that happens. Not happening this year.

Janice - your "?" in your photos back there looks a lot like dead nettle (or hen bit, never could distinguish between the two).

Our weather is completely freaking out. We've had rain, snow, blue skies, 60º temps, below freezing temps and frost - all this year, so far. Beat that...

Oh, Sheryl, I hope it is Lamium!
I threw so many seeds there, I never know what is popping up. It is curious it is blooming so early, but the plants have been confused by the warm weather.
Today, however it has been ccccccold!

Your weather sounds crazy there, too .

Today was our coldest day so far this year- a high of 27° I think. But tomorrow we're supposed to be 40°. We had a fraction of an inch of snow yesterday, first of the year. At this time last year we'd had 16" already.

I'm not complaining though. Winters like this I could take.

Karen

Karen!

Today was the first day I saw the cats' outside water bowl with a little ice around the edges.....

Yuppers, both henbit and dead nettle are lamiums.

Sorry, yours is probably a different one. The other two are huge lawn weeds, here.

Its 7* here this AM It's supposed to go to 31* Truely a freaky winter in Z6a too.

I will watch for that, Sheryl. Thanks.

Brrrrr...cold here, too, JoAnn! down to 25 overnight and 42 today, but to be in the 60's this weekend. Crazy weather, indeed!

Purple deadnettle is awful. Been trying to get rid of it for years.

Karen

Thanks for the heads up, Karen!

OH well now I have some Lamium that I just love. Planted some about 4 years ago and yes it is a tad incorrigible. Its jumped the side walk and into the bed across from it. That's okay, ground cover, less weeds. It has managed to get into a front bed further away, don't know how, but that is okay, once again, ground cover.

It has gotten into the grass which I find very funny. I just dig it up and use it for, yep ground cover. It jumpe up along side of the neighbors house She has nothing but weeds on that side of the house and welcomes the plant over there. If it starts geetting lost in the seeds I'll go dig it up, I planted it first; it is mine and I will use if for ground cover. I noticed the other day it is still very pretty, even with all the cold. If I think of it once the sun starts shining I will go out and get a pic of the little one I found on accident.

Has reallty dainty purple flowers in the early summer and through to fall.

What kind of lamium is it CeCe? Some are more invasive than others.

Karen

CherieCoogan said:OH well now I have some Lamium that I just love. Planted some about 4 years ago and yes it is a tad incorrigible. Its jumped the side walk and into the bed across from it. That's okay, ground cover, less weeds. It has managed to get into a front bed further away, don't know how, but that is okay, once again, ground cover.

It has gotten into the grass which I find very funny. I just dig it up and use it for, yep ground cover. It jumpe up along side of the neighbors house She has nothing but weeds on that side of the house and welcomes the plant over there. If it starts geetting lost in the seeds I'll go dig it up, I planted it first; it is mine and I will use if for ground cover. I noticed the other day it is still very pretty, even with all the cold. If I think of it once the sun starts shining I will go out and get a pic of the little one I found on accident.

Has reallty dainty purple flowers in the early summer and through to fall.

Yes, Cherie, I have had Lamium in may forms for years (not the weed varieties) and love them, too. I especially like Lamiastrum galeobdolon 'Hermann's Pride'. So prettywith bulbs in Spring.