My first spring blooms are later than usual this year. I’m sure it’s because of the colder winter we’ve had.
The tiny little snowdrops have special meaning to me.
If you’ve been following us for a long time you’ll remember it snowed on Austin and Chatter’s wedding day. A few months later a dear couple sent us some of their snowdrop bulbs. While it was snowing here on that very special day the flowers were blooming in their garden.
We did have another small snow this week. Well only a few flurries at our house, but surrounding areas had a skiff of snow.
Wednesday night I met some friends to eat. I didn’t even realize there was a chance of snow. One friend lives in Nantahala. I said well we know it will snow at your house!
We asked her to let us know when she was home safe. She made it fine and sent us a photo of her snowy porch as a way of letting us know.
The following morning we had to take my car to upper Peachtree to have it worked on. The ground was white there too.
I have several daffodils that are about to bloom, but no cheery yellow in my yard yet. When I went over to Blairsville earlier this week I saw many blooming daffodils in yards and in deserted areas along the highway that someone used to call home.
Last night’s video: The Family History and Stories of Opal Corn Myers.
Tipper
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My big Yellowbell Bush is now fully bloomed out with vibrant yellow flowers. Last Summer I cut a piece & stuck in the ground on the other side of the yard, and the sweet little thing has lived & even has a few yellow flowers on it. I’ve only had 2 Daffodils bloom & the others are just the green shoots-most of mine never bloom. Tipper, do you know why my daffodils won’t bloom? I took the 2 Daffodils & some cuttings off my blooming Yellowbell Bush to my 98 yr old Mom in Assisted Living & she was thrilled. It made a pretty arrangement. I see Bradford Pear trees blooming, too. I’ve seen a few of those tiny wild purple daisy looking flowers & I took one to Mom. I always loved them from the time I was a child & would pick a little bunch of them & give them to Mom when I was a child. My daughter, her husband & 7 yr old little granddaughter are leaving tomorrow heading to Gatlinburg for a few days. That is where they spent their honeymoon & it is their 10 yr anniversary so they wanted to take my granddaughter there. I told my granddaughter to bring me back a pretty rock. I’ve always been like Katy, I love rocks! Reporting from North Mississippi
Cheryl, thank you for your report 🙂 I don’t know why they don’t bloom. Do they get plenty of sunshine?
Tipper, yes my Daffodils get plenty of sun- they are in the center of my front yard. My Mom said maybe because my lawn service has repeatedly cut them down. I wish I was up in those mountains about now
Howdo! Here in southwest Virginia we have snowdrops, forsythia (yellow bell bushes), daffodils and crocus, all just starting to bloom and we’ve been seeing lots of robins. I remember the snow on Corie and Austin’s wedding. That’s my birthday and I usually pray for snow every year. This year I did not and it’s supposed to be 73°. Suits me just fine this year. After the winter we have had I’m real happy with that! My favorite flower is daffodils. Tipper you read a book to us that said,”After the people are gone the daffodils will remember.” How true. Have a wonderful weekend.
I was in Myrtle Beach last week (visiting). Then we drove to Washington and on into NYC. There were buds on the trees in SC already. I’m heading home to Western NY state, where the high is expected to be 30 today. I am hoping and praying that most of the snow and ice has melted since I left two weeks ago. It sure was nice to be in temperatures that were in the high 60’s and low 70’s.
It always makes me kinda sad to see daffodils scattered around where an old home place once was, but this year, I think I’ll try to be happy when I see them. The people who planted them were probably as resilient as the bulbs they planted. They left a legacy of beauty that future generations still enjoy.
Still too cold here for the first signs of Spring but you know it’s just around the corner. I don’t believe we have an of those lovely snow flowers in our area of Oklahoma.
The persistent persimmon at the back of my place unveiled the emergence of spring with the first pink blush early last week, followed soon thereafter by the maples. The yellowbells are opening their eyes to reveal their presence after a winter of slumber. My snowdab bushes are in full bloom which worries me a bit. Even the least freeze turns their blooms into something resembling a dirty cotton mop. It doesn’t seem to faze them though.
Yesterday I noticed the wild crabapples were starting to show their snow colored blossoms too. These trees are hateful things but they are a sight for winter weary eyes in springtime’s infancy.
Snowdrops are so pretty and certainly a sign of spring. I had some years ago but not where I live now. My jonquils are in full bloom even though they had begun during a light snow a couple weeks ago. They are at an old home sight so are usually early. My bridal wreath spirea is beginning to bloom and I see signs of the forsythia popping out. I, too, remember the friends and family who shared some of my plants. And Randy, the wild onions/garlic are thriving in my yard, too. Being in a rural area I have plenty. I need to get my mower serviced so I can cut the dead grass and try to kick back the onions. My tame blackberries need to have the dead branches trimmed and the new growth tied to the wire supports. There are so many jobs to do this time of year. Last weekend when in your area, Tipper, I noticed a little, old weathered house in the trees along the highway with a patch of yellow jonquils in bloom. The yellow stood out among all the gray. I couldn’t stop to take a picture but it is sealed in my mind. Makes me wonder about the person who planted them and when that was, just like the ones in my yard. I’m ready for spring.
Those snowdrops sure are pretty! This week the daffodils or buttercups as we call them are blooming and I’ve seen several forsythia bushes starting to bloom. I’ve always called them yellow bells. Birds are singing and trees are budding. Spring is coming!!
Hoping Granny has a wonderful birthday party today!
Beautiful snowdrop blossoms! I don’t recall seeing them in our area. There are a few daffodils scattered up and down our street. We have forsythia blooming (dad called them yellow bells) and our hellebores (Lenten rose) are putting on a show!!! You will have color soon I hope!
Our daffs are blooming too. Love the snowdrops story.
Your Snowdrop flowers look lovely. It’s exciting to see the earth spring forth with new life again. I’ve seen lots of daffodils in full bloom around our area. Seeing them tells me Spring is just around the corner!
The daffodils are just now starting their struggle to bloom here in KY, where winter won’t loosen its grip. The old historical site across my lane is usually yellow with blooming daffodils, but not this year. Your pretty snowdrop flowers are sending a message that spring is near. I can’t wait!
Have a great weekend everyone. It’s a foggy, damp and humid morning here in South Mississippi. It stayed in the 60’s overnight and will be in the low 70’s later today. Feeling like an early spring morning but we will see. March winds are blowing in and keeping the leaves and some small twigs and branches all over the property her. Our small 2 acre yard isn’t too hard to clean up. We have a great gardener. My wonderful husband. I love all the seasons but spring just seems so fickle at times. But don’t you just love it. Change is good and flowers are fun and beautiful. New birth is exciting. Looking forward to colors of spring and the coming summer. Hope the heat is closer to tolerable than it has been in the last few years. But all these things are “Gifts from God” above. Blessings and love to all. Jennifer
I have seen the tell tell green long strips that come up before the daffodil here. I have not seen the first Croakus or snow drop and I must say white croakus are truly beautiful and the way the ones are laying in your photo look beautiful. They look like tiny umbrellas. I think it’s a beautiful memory you have of your daughter’s wedding and the snow drops. I hope for many more seasons of welcoming harbingers of spring snowdrops for you and yours to come. I’ve seen robins and fed them bread because it’s so very cold here still… I worry about birds-maybe I’d be a good leader if I care this much about birds-wonder what could happen if someone cared for the people like that? Don’t worry. That’s a fantasy…. Have a good day and be good to the living creatures that allow it…
Haven’t seen any snowdrops but my daffodils have been blooming for about 2 or 3 weeks now. I say “my daffodils” since they’re allover our property, but I didn’t plant any of them. Makes me wonder who did and how long they’ve been here!
We still have some Winter Togo,but spring is letting us know she’s coming. My Daddy’s favorite flower is the daffodil, it holds a special place with me. I love seeing them out everywhere this time of year.
I have to give a praise report. Earlier this week I went to the doctor for a checkup. I’ve had a place in my lungs, a nodule, for a couple of years and she’s been wanting me to have a PET scan. It’s gone!!! After 2 year, God took it!!! Ain’t He amazing
Kourtney, I am so happy for you. Praise the Lord!
Kourtni-what wonderful news!! Answered prayers for sure 🙂
Looking forward to seeing your garden come to life.
Those snowdrops are lovely! For about a week my daffodils have been bobbing their heads in the wind, and the purple crocus looks the prettiest I have ever seen. Yesterday I noticed the goldenrod was blooming too. Thank you, Tipper, for reminding us to notice our surroundings. You are a treasure indeed.
I first saw snow drops in the vast amount of land behind the former Saint Charles Borromeo seminary just outside of Philadelphia. I was a kid playing in the stream that ran back there, and I remember seeing snowdrops. When I moved here to Winston Salem a few years ago, I was so pleased to find snow drops in the yard, and they’ve done nothing but proliferate. They are sentimental to me as well.
How nice to see the Snow drops blooming. I had them in snowy Ohio when I lived there years ago peeking through the snow usually in late March. The sun is shining this morning with a chilly 41 degrees and a high of 60 today. Daffodils are blooming and the hyacinth are beginning to open up. The grass is even turning green in the yard. My favorite time of the year, spring, is making her appearance.
I would like to send Granny a card. I loved hearing her alto voice singing with Paul. And the sweater she was wearing in birthday pictures is so very beautiful.
(I guess the microphone is close to Paul and the guitar and l hear him over Granny. Please give her a microphone. Such a lovely sweet voice. )
I feel like part of your family. Enjoy your blog and videos so much. Love Celebrating Appalachia
Margaret
the jewel weed is not blooming on the creek yet, nor the goldenrod, in the field nearby, God bless you friends have a great day
winter is not over, and it has been cold, but it didn’t seem like it was as cold as the last few years, it did get down about 5° a few times, and the windvhill made it colder than that, God bless you friends, the daffodils have been blooming here for quite a while, I was on my way to make a picture of a patch , and a Pitbull wanted to bite me, I had to turn around and come back home, I was in the road, and it came into the road trying to bite me, I stood still for a while and finally it went away, there was another little dog instigator, I once had my kneecap ripped off by a pitbull, God help, biggest thing I’ve noticed, we seem to live from Friday to Friday, no days in between, Jesus is coming soon, I hope he’s your lord and savior
Daffodils are beginning to bloom and wild onions are sprouting up. I guess the Bradford pears trees are beginning to bloom, many of them are being cut down,
I love to see (daffodils) we call them flags, or March flowers, on old homestead sights. I always wonder what kind of house stood there and who the people might have been. Kids romping in the yard picking the blooms for their momma.
It’s still cold here today, but the weatherman says next week we will reach 70. I’m so ready for some warm sun. It’s so muddy here it’s hard to accomplish much.
Our time springs forward in the morning. I do not like time change, but someone has thought it a good idea now for about 15 years or so.
Everyone have a blessed day!
we call irises flags here in OK
My mother and grandmother called them jonquils. I thought jonquils were the same as daffodils but now know although very similar, they are two different flowers.
I am awake awful early this morning, so I thought I would see what’s new on your blog. The picture of the snowdrops is so pretty. I need to plant me some of those. I have daffodils with a few buds on them beside a tree in my front yard, and a couple tulips pushing up through the ground, as well. Yesterday, I saw signs of spring everywhere…from the dogwood and apple tree buds, to the many birds flitting around in search of something to eat. I still have snowmen decorations sitting around my house, but I am ready to switch them out for some spring and Easter items. I just switched on my porch light, and right now outside, it is pouring down the snow again. I switched it back off, and through the darkness I can see that my neighbors roof is white and the ground is covered. It is beautiful…so maybe I will leave my snowmen sitting around for another couple of days after all.