Early Spring In The Garden Nook

Are you having a "true spring" where you live?

I'm not even sure what that means anymore.

All I know is that one day I'm wearing flip flops and a t-shirt;

the next, I'm in boots and a down jacket.

Yesterday, it was sunny and in the 60's - nice enough to have an outdoor lunch 

at the Bryant Park Cafe in New York City.

We lucked out and finished seconds before that crazy thunderstorm blew in.

Good thing I was able to take shelter in Lord and Taylor's

(for three hours, heh heh)!

This afternoon, it's only 48 degrees as I write this.

I guess that's pretty typical of spring around these parts.

On Sunday, I went to Home Depot... oh, wait...

did I ever tell you that when Junior Goo Shoes was two or three, 

he called it "Humpty Po?"

Get it?
Home Depot.

Humpty Po.

In his frame of reference, with nursery rhymes like Humpty Dumpty 

dominating his brain waves, it made total sense.

Yes, so, back to the weather.
It was in the low 60's, and sunny, 

and I was surprised to see so many people buying summer annuals.
I always wait until Memorial Day to buy mine, 

because the temperatures can still be pretty cold at night

and I think those plants have a good chance of dropping dead 

if you plant them too early.

 

I allowed myself to buy one flat of pansies, and a few daffodils.

I want a little spring color on the front porch,

but once it gets too hot, the pansies croak, 

so I don't like to buy too many.

 I piled everything up around the bench in my garden nook,

and was struck by how pretty it looked.

A still life just waiting to be photographed!

OK, I did tweak things just a tad :)

Oh, alright. A huge tad.

We planted the forsythia last year, and although it's still sparse, 

it makes a pretty frame around my red garden bench.

I've been so busy that I haven't had a chance 

to put the pansies and daffies into a flower pot yet. 

Four days later, they're still sitting in the nook.

Yesterday, when that storm came,

the wicked winds of the west knocked them all askew...

"Heh heh heh...I'll get you, my little pretties!"

Fortunately, they survived, and hopefully I'll get off my caboose, 

and plant them today.

That is, if I can tear myself away from the computer.

I've been frantically researching a summer vacation,

avoiding everything that I really should be doing, 

like food shopping, filling out mandatory camp forms, 

and lining up SAT tutors for next fall.

Priorities, right?

 Truth be told, I've been a little nervous going out into the backyard lately.

There have been news reports of coyote sightings in neighboring towns.

And get this...

Wile E.'s cousin was spotted on the upper west side of Manhattan yesterday!

COYOTES IN MANHATTAN???

Talk about spring weirdness!

It's not like it was buying whitefish salad at Zabar's, or anything, 

but it was hanging around in Riverside Park. 

And to think I moved out of Manhattan because of rats and cockroaches.
Sheesh.

Anyway, I'll put on my big girl panties and fetch those flowers,

so that they get planted before any other strange forces of nature 

get in between me and my flowers.

How is spring going in your "nook" of the woods?

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