I always enjoy the waking up time of year. I took a walk about the other day and found tiny little buds on many of my shrubs and trees. The alder in particular are pretty - we have a lot of these in our back woods and the buds and/or catkins form a soft pink haze. Daylilies are popping out their heads, along with the early bulbs. Unfortunately the creeping buttercups are also waking up and putting out new leaves (the bane of my gardens). I'm seeing robins now and again, and yesterday a cottonwood was absolutely filled with singing blackbirds. No frogs yet. The sun is starting its slow creep north and giving me beautiful sunrises. Time to break out the pruning shears!
