The Great (and Mostly Snow-free) Outdoors

The snow is mostly melted. (Hallelujah!) And goodies have appeared beneath the snow!

The chickens have been release from the hen house after a whole week of snow-enforced isolation.

They have checked out every spot in the yard! The wire-y mess hiding the chickens is forsythia. It's hard to believe it will be a mass of yellow in just a few weeks.

In a photo last week, the big chickens were poking through the snow. I knew the chicks were underneath. They are finally visible again.

Other goodies in my yard have been revealed by the melting snow. This crazed sugar dish was in my garden. I think something was growing here a few months ago. The sun doesn't quite reach this corner of the garden in the winter.

This pretty bowl has daisies and a mish-mash of other flowers growing from it in the summertime. Right now, the bowl is a focal point.

This little dwarf resides under my snowball bush. The chickens check on him quite often and have been known to kick dirt over top of him as if they are afraid he will grab the grub they just dug up. I had to uncover him before I could get a photo!

On a green note...I was surprised to see these jonquils looking healthy. They seem to have no damage from a week under snow!

These irises, even with snow patches still surrounding them, look like they will be giving me lots of purple and gold around June.

A few weeks ago, I walked outside at just the right time. This blue bottle tree is in Neighbor Terri's yard. It's been there for years and I've always thought it was pretty. And then, the light hit them just right and they were gorgeous! They looked like they had fire inside of them. Don't worry, Zoe's tail was safe!

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To those of you who got buried by this weekend's snow storm, I hope you are safe and warm with a big pot of soup in the fridge and plenty of crafts to keep you entertained.

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Enjoy the Super Bowl!

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Go Saints!