It Ain't Over Til It's Over (winter)

 “Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.”
― Sinclair Lewis

 “You need patience to be a good gardener. If you don't have patience, and you stick with gardening, it will teach you patience.” --Bill Turull Jr. as quoted in "People, Places and Plants" magazine, N.E. / N.Y. Edition, Summer 2005



   "Snow was falling,
so much like stars
filling the dark trees
that one could easily imagine
its reason for being was nothing more than prettiness.” ― Mary Oliver                                                    

No snow here, but winter returned  in the night.  We had 5 days of 80° weather and wind.  Mother Nature wasn't done with winter. Woke to 31° and clear skies after days of rain and a day of wind.  I did go out to view what I knew would be the scene.  Potted plants that have tender leaves were frozen. The Alyssum looks surprised that it is so cold.  The Bluebonnets are even covered in frost. Not the pretty, delicate touch of frost. The poor California poppy is hit again. This makes the fifth time the plants have been frozen. This is serious stuff.  I will check again later.................................
We have a neighbor who remembers the wonderful peaches we had in 2012 called to see if they had been hit .   

Our spring has come at last with the soft laughter of April suns and shadow of April showers. ~Byron Caldwell Smith, letter to Kate Stephens

Contemplating the sad state of the "Spring" garden, I will remember a damp, rainy, cool day only a few days ago.
I took the Bloggie camera out and searched for more weeds/wildflowers.



(This is a quote from Plants of Texas Rangelands)
There are 14 species and several varieties of wild onions in Texas. These biennial or perennial herbs have strong-scented (odor of garlic/onion), underground bulbs that give rise to long, narrow leaves.
The flowers are arranged in a terminal cluster attached to an unbranched stalk arising from the bulb between the leaves. Flower stalks may be 6 to 20 inches high with blooms of white, yellow, pink, red or purple. In some species, blooms are replaced by bulb lets.

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These blossoms are about ¼ inch across

 

 These pictures are so pretty that I cannot but admire this little camera.

This bug is so tiny, I didn't even know I captured it.