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This is how it starts, the happiness of spring. ???

March 24, 2016 By Talya Tate Boerner

Spring has sprung in my garden and I’m feeling the happiness of spring. I worried about my tulips when our temperature plunged to a rude 25 degrees a few days ago, but bulbs are hardy and they were unfazed. Last night we had wicked weather and I spent some time in my safe place. I felt a little silly sitting in the closet with my purse but with “TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY” warnings blasting through my phone and television and tornado sirens wailing in the neighborhood, I decided I’d feel even sillier when I woke up dead.

Lucy and Annabelle wanted nothing to do with holing up in the closet. I see regular tornado drills in our future.

Luckily, we survived. Our flowers survived. I pray everyone else did because it seemed to be a severe storm. Maybe it blew the crazy March winds out of here…

So back to spring.

Check out this daffodil. What a gorgeous surprise. It bloomed from a bag of bulbs labeled mixed yellow varieties.

daffodil

The outside petals of this tulip are powdery pink and the inside doesn’t look real. All the garden fairies of Whoville would be quite comfy living inside this tulip.

salmon tulip

Even though this variety is named King Crocus, the clusters are unassuming and low to the ground. (This is a very up close picture.) Planted along the sidewalk leading to the front porch, crocus is a surprise you could miss if you’re staring at your iPhone.

crocus

These orange tulips look ooh-la-la French to me. Brighter than the sun. Gracie Lee would love them. A pied–à–terre for the Whos of Whoville?

orange tulip - Gracie Lee would love!

This is how it starts, the happiness of Spring. More blooms coming cause it’s what I do when I’m not writing:)

Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

[tweetthis]Ooh-la-la these tulips are brighter than the sun. #springgarden #blooming[/tweetthis]

Musical Pairing:
Colbie Caillat, Brighter than the Sun

 

Filed Under: Gardening, Nature & Seasons Tagged With: spring, spring gardening, tulips

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Comments

  1. Barbara Tate says

    March 24, 2016 at 8:54 am

    I always feel a little silly too sitting in a closet with my purse & my cat. As you know, NOW, the entire Enchanted Room is my safe room. That room is about as scary as the storm. Lol

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      March 25, 2016 at 7:51 am

      Yeah, that room isn’t going anywhere.

  2. Ken Johnson says

    March 24, 2016 at 2:26 pm

    I really enjoy your blogs everyday and especially your choices of music. It introduces me to people I have never heard of such as the young lady today. Keep up the good work

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      March 25, 2016 at 7:50 am

      Thank you Ken! I hope to meet you at the Alabama Book Festival?

  3. Dorothy Johnson says

    March 25, 2016 at 8:29 am

    Beautiful pictures of your spring garden!


Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

GENE, EVERYWHERE: a life-changing visit from my father-in-law (2020)

BERNICE RUNS AWAY (2022)

THE THIRD ACT OF THEO GRUENE (coming 2025)

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