Gosh Melanie, I just Googled the coontie cones & read & read & read & saw numerous photos of each & I still can't grasp the difference.
mj, thank you for the new thread! I agree we should have a new thread to celebrate SPRING!
Ken, I'm so sorry about your weather -- it sounds like you guys (& much of the rest of the country) are really going to get hit again. I briefly looked at national radar early this morning & was shocked at the very wide swath of heavy snow. Please be careful outside as it sounds like you have or will have a thick sheet of ice under the snow. Dangerous, dangerous!
Well guys & gals I have been busy working on the master bath & am happy to report all the wallpaper is gone & this afternoon the dh & I finished up painting.
The down side is that before the woodwork looked in good shape. It seemed there would only be a little touch up paint needed here & there but now that everything else is freshly painted the woodwork suddenly looks yukky.
Okay, it's on the to-do list but not right away. I need a breather before I tackle any more.
I have some photos from the last week or so. I took more this evening but haven't loaded them to my computer yet so for now will share those I have already uploaded to my photo program.
Last fall I planted around 400 or 500 jonquil bulbs. I wanted them all naturalized in the meadows & pecan grove. They are coming up!
They're budding up!
This is a variety with very thin, narrow leaves so you have to look closely for the almost threadlike leaves. They are commonly called the Seventeen Sisters b/c they have 17 buds/blooms per. I can't wait to see them bloom!
These are Earlicheer and are already blooming -- wonderful fragrance. This was after a heavy rain & those heavy bloom heads are weighed down.
The redbuds are blooming & the buzzing going on when you walk out there is enough to make you wish for ear muffs. The bees of all kinds are going crazy over the blooms.
Jane Magnolia is blooming and the fragrance blows me away.
Cornus Florida - Florida dogwood is budding up
The lizards are thinking it's time to come out of hiding
