Signs of spring

The daffodils are up!
daffy-dils

And so are the dandelions…
dandy-lion

…and these tiny little purple flowers that are everywhere…
ground-flowers

…and the snowdrops have already come and gone (this photo is a few weeks old).
snowdrops

The trees are budding…
buds

…and the Indian Plums already have flowers.
indian-plum

And in the garden, we’ve planted pea starts…
peas

…the garlic we planted last fall is thriving…
garlic

…last year’s kale in the cold-frame is going crazy…
greens

…and there’s more starts in the greenhouse waiting to be planted (from left: blueberry, onion, and more peas; not pictured: another type of onion starts we planted last weekend, our new rhubarb plant, dormant asparagus roots, and seed potatoes, also all waiting to go into the ground – not to mention our large box full of saved seeds from the last two years and our enormous seed order on the way from Victory Seeds).
starts

Snail sex, I think…
snail-sex

A dog enjoying the sunshine (complete with fresh gooey turkey poo stuck in his fur – he loves to roll in the stuff – it’s the black stuff on his neck on the right side of the photo)…
dog-tongue

…and the cat with the biggest eyes ever, enjoying her own patch of sunshine.
biggest-eyes-ever