Spring!!

I guess spring is really here.

 I keep expecting winter to say, Wait, I wasn't finished!" But the weather forecast says we'll be in the 80's soon, so I guess spring is really here! 

Signs are popping up everywhere......

Ice King

Saucer Magnolia/Tulip Tree

Pansies, hyacinths, and tulips which are just about to bloom.

These daffodils (Narcissus jonquilla) are known as Little Sweeties and they are one of the most fragrant flowers I know. They also go by the name Cologne Bottle, for good reason. Mom and I rescued these last year from an old home site that was being developed into a subdivision.

Spring 2015

Osmanthus fragrans

But this year, the most anticipated flowering plant at Turkey Creek Garden

 is this fragrant 

Sweet Olive

because

our own sweet Olive is due to be born this month!!!

Love ya'll,

Shelli

Little, clutching hands, so dear,
      Grasping everything that's near
      Reaching for each thing in sight,
      Baby hands, so soft and white!...
How you pull at our heart strings
      As you dance and as you sing!
      Baby, dear, to us you bring
      Comfort and eternal Spring!
~Gertrude Tooley Buckingham, "Baby Hands" (1940s)