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Although this could very well be a picture of me finding a new treasure at a favorite nursery, it's actually an illustration by David Catrow for a children's book called Plantzilla.

Thursday, March 8, 2018

More White Stuff.

Saturday was an absolutely beautiful day for gardening but I decided to go to a plant sale and visit nurseries to the north on that day.  Sunday morning wasn't bad while I was at work but by the time I got home and was ready to garden, the wind whipped up, rain came in sideways, there was a flash of lightening and hail began pelting the windows. 


Oh hail no, there would be no gardening done today other than potting up a few bulbs in the greenhouse.

The hail stones were relatively small and didn't cause any plant damage, thank goodness. 




Not as pretty as snow to be sure but at least this had the decency to melt quickly.

Well, that was exciting but now it's time for spring.  We're setting our clocks ahead an hour this weekend so the morning commute will, once again, be dark but on the bright side, there'll be an extra hour of daylight after the evening commute so I can get out and play in the garden during the week. 

Did someone overdo the rock salt out there? 

There's talk of highs in the sixties for a couple of days next week.   Something to look forward to!  
Let's get this spring thing underway!

10 comments:

  1. All hail broke loose about halftime at the soccer game on Sunday, although in Seattle I think it was mostly a downpour of rain. Some of us were fortunate to heve seats under cover.
    I am ready for some warmer days!

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  2. Yikes! Mother Nature is really in a mood, isn't she? I was bummed out yesterday when I heard we're switching to daylight savings time this coming weekend.

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  3. A rose with hail... that is just wrong!

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  4. I love how the hail outlined the stones in your path, that's pretty cool. I look forward to the clocks changing this weekend for the same reasons as you, more daylight later in the day, but it will be a bummer to be dark again in the morning. Ah well, as Steven Wright used to say, "You can't have everything, where would you put it?"

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  5. Dear Mr. TOG, you are trying to outdo me with winter weather .. you can not DO THAT ! .. I just posted what I woke up to this morning so go have another peek at where my sanity levels must be by now (yes we did have that conversation ! LOL) .. I agree with chavliness .. a rose with hail ? IS JUST WRONG ! .. but ? it could always be worse , right ?
    No matter what you will be out there again doing the mad gardener bit my friend .. so steady on ! LOL

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  6. That is big hail! Crazy weather just seems to keep on coming.

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  7. Light after dinner to play in the garden - yay!

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  8. Wow, no hail here, thank goodness. Personally I am thrilled at DST and the forecast high temperatures. Bring it on!!!

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  9. Those little balls of ice nestled in every crevice. Brrrrr they make it look cold there. I too am looking forward to some longer days and warmer.

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  10. Looks like someone was throwing handfuls of gravel around your garden.

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