Signs of Spring #6

Update 2:30 p.m.: In the barrenness of the secret garden, I managed to find two more plants blooming today. A few blossoms on an autumn cherry bravely showed their faces in the 40-degree weather…

And this guy, which looked like a forsythia but whose flowers have one too many petals, was a burst of bright yellow amid the gloom.


1. I keep hearing geese flying overhead while I’m reading quietly at home. I never get to the window in time to see them, but I suspect they must be Canada geese. Yay! Welcome back, birdies! Maybe they can fight off the highly annoying parrots that perch in our backyard ailanthus tree come spring.

2. I noticed this morning that the windows of the Irish pub on my walk to work are filled with foil shamrocks in preparation for next week’s marginally nationalistic binge-drinking day. Slainte!

3. At Home Depot the other day the Burpee people were stocking this year’s new display of seeds. Germination, here I come!