Too Early for Spring

But no one has told
snowdrops (in all fairness, last year they bloomed winter to fall)
Lenten roses
crocus
daffodils
fuchsia
cherry
forsythia
star magnolia

What am I leaving out?

Oh yeah. A freeze.

Bound to happen.

Time for White!

When I was little, my mother (and all the women I knew) said we had to wait for spring to wear white. 

That was a long time ago.

Our last spring seems just as distant, but today a new one arrived on the calendar and in the weather. 

Finally, sun and blue sky.

And my favorite whites burst forth: the weeds lining the canal by the Lake Cheston bridge, tiny little star bursts on bare thin branches, and the tall Star Magnolia shrub (though this one is more like a tree) at the Georgia Avenue corner of the College Library.

I opened my car door and smelled the blossoms from across the street. Now that is the scent of spring!