A Swell Day...

After a week of heavy fog,

the sun popped out this morning...

 

we popped outside too,

eager to soak up a few rays...

 

dry out a bit...

 





while the garden is pretty much

a lot of brown...

 





 

But,

there are

some swell things happening...

 



 

the Magnolia's furry catkins...

 

the blooms of my

 New dawn Viburnum...

 

are still sweet,

but some have yellowed around the edges...

 



in my short

stroll around the garden...

 

the Crocus went from the tight buds in the first shot,

to these bright spots,

in a sea of brown...

 



 

 Hope for an early Spring?

 

maybe,

but, Winter has yet to stop by for a visit...

 

for now I will enjoy my little taste of Spring

and I hope you have too...

 

Thanks for joining me on this Swell Day....

New Beginnings...

The New Year

has begun...

 

I am a little slow

at getting started,

I was lucky to have my Mr.  home

 for a long holiday vacation...

 

 

I was gifted this gorgeous calendar,

from a very special blogging friend....

 

the pages are fabulously,

decadently

glittered...

 

Thank You Jacqueline!

for beginning each of my days

 with sparkle...

 

your friendship

means the world to me!

 

another beginning

arrived the day after Christmas...

 

when my Husband presented me

 with this little bloom...

 

 a little garden bloom in Winter,

decadent...

 

I planted this little New Dawn Viburnum

last Spring,

knowing it would be an early bloomer,

but, in December...

just WOW!

 

as if

 Winter blooms

are not enough treasure,

the smell,

Ahhhhh...

after that discovery,

I looked around the garden a little harder...

pushing aside

the blanket of Fall leaves...

tiny treasures...

we haven't ever had snow yet!

 

I hope your year has begun

with good friends,

glitter

and small treasures too....

 

Happy New Beginnings to you my friends...