I wasn’t kidding, and I’m not doing this to annoy certain people in New York who are dealing with snow, yet again.

Those are the two pear trees across the street from me at the top.

In the middle are the two types of drawf double-bloom azaleas that are normally hidden by the much larger fuchsia and pink full-size bushes in the bottom picture.

Update: New York isn’t as bad off as Canada’s east coast.

DeeDee finally made it in this morning with 15 puppies and 6 frostbitten fingers. Anna also nipped Kristy at the end to beat her by 4 minutes.

Bryan Bearss scratched at Shaktoolik while Cindy Abbott is out of Shaktoolik with the Red Lantern. GNU Terry Pratchett

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The Great Pumpkin

It’s him!

[Editor: Hadley and Tadpole watch with concern as the trouble-making large orange tabby tom strolls through the yard. GP is not feral, not neutered, and not nice.]

The Friday Ark for lots of animal pictures.

It’s that time of year. Spring arrives at 5:45PM CDT this afternoon. You can watch it come at Archæoastronomy.

The air is already filled with pollen and the live oaks are dropping last year’s leaves. The azaleas are peaking and the pear trees are snowy with blooms.

I would note that locally we have had 12 hours or more of daylight since St. Patrick’s Day, and usually do.