A few pictures from Sunday, after the snow...
This is looking out our front door...enough wind or whatever that we actually had snow outside the front door...a first for us...
a slightly larger view...
One of my dogs, Kobe, making his way outside....He has a new nickname "Snowdog" as he eagerly took outside, plowing through snow with his nose...
A day later (and a bit of snow melted later..)...you can see the legs on the bench now...
We dug out enough of the driveway to move the vehicles...
Daylily labels emerging...
For grins, Chuck Hayes Gardenia covered in snow (the same gardenia that was a pile of brown sticks this past spring...fully recovered and still putting out buds when this snow hit...I think it actually makes it through the winters okay...it's March here that's so hard...warm and then a freeze...repeat...)...yes, the walkway cleared by....uh huh...me! The dogs really appreciate it.
Nice icicles on the Sweet Box...
I looked back at my garden journal...which I kept more faithfully before this blog (shame on me)...I found it interesting. I noted our first snow of the year in 2004 was on 12/19. I was worried about the tea olive, banana shrub, variegated confederate jasmine and a hebe...all of which, except the tea olive, had zone 7 tags (not!). The tea olive and banana shrub are still here and doing well. In fact, I'm planning to oust the banana shrub next spring (banana tree...too much space, too little fragrance...).
On December 10th, 2005, I noted that we had already had two snows, three counting the light snow we encountered taking our son back to BWI after Thanksgiving. (Without these notes, it sure is easy to forget when the first snow is each year...)..
That's it until this year's entry....2006 until now...well, they must be on here....I don't know, I'm thinking about being better with the garden journal (don't I always think that??)...as it is so nice to look back...not just for weather...but to also read about what my garden concerns were. Even the short notes are meaningful.
Okay I just have to add this...yes, daffodils and snowdrops are up...not unusual....keep those garden journals!
