Sunday, March 22, 2026

The Second Day of Spring


Spring began here officially on Friday, March 20th, at about 7:30 AM. But it was cold and rainy and we were busy with breakfast and going to Kaiser Medical Center to have my finger checked, and dealing with snow storm damage that we discovered several days after the fact. We have a hole in the roof and rain and snow melt damage in an upstairs bedroom. Contractors have been notified, bids are coming in, and some work inside and outside is being scheduled. My finger will take a while to settle down, but it isn't serious.

Therefore, we were very happy to welcome the second day of Spring, Saturday, March 21. It wasn't raining! By mid day there was sunshine! We toured a garden in the morning and worked in our own garden in the afternoon. We were so happy to be outside.

Our garden tour, with our garden club, was at the Bellevue Botanical Garden, where the purpose was to see lots of Hellebores. We did. And lots more blooms and plants emerging for Spring!

Both Tom and I took photos. Get ready for a photo dump!


Fragrant Daphne odora

Early iris

One of many hellebores








Euphoribia

 









Two varieties of Edgeworthia 


Fritillaria




Magnolia


Hellebores galore.












Trilliums 







Fern fiddleheads 



Camellias 



It's Sunday morning- still. I have the newspaper to read, an 11:30 soccer game to watch, and then work outside this afternoon. Tom has lawn to mow and I have roses to prune.

Happy Spring!