Why did you not wait for me? Do you not realize that I spend all winter thinking about you? Is it me? I tell people all the time you are my favourite.
Why were you so nice to the other girls in March, but never for me when I was around? Why do you blow hot and cold? Sooo hot one day, then the big freeze.
How am I going to count all my snowdrops a la VP?
And I want to start counting my daffodils like Beangenie, I sooo want.
Spring,
Please, please wait for me!
I am a floral designer living in a tiny condo in downtown Toronto, Canada's largest city. But on the weekend, I am a gardener/frustrated architect trying to keep up with a 3/4 acre garden in Owen Sound, Ontario, a warm (to Canadians, Zone 5b, and a cold (to Americans, Zone 4b) garden.
paulinemulligan said,
April 10, 2012 @ 4:39 AM
Really hope that Spring is waiting for you when you get home, nothing quite matches the freshness that the early flowers bring!
kilbournegrove said,
April 11, 2012 @ 4:43 PM
I know, everything is so perky and new, love it.
Alberto said,
April 10, 2012 @ 5:52 AM
Do you really want to count your flowers? I’m looking forward to stop counting them instead! I want countless daffodills and infinite narcissus!
Spring started running but at the time it seems to have stopped around here, it’s sooo cold these latter days!
kilbournegrove said,
April 11, 2012 @ 4:44 PM
Well, I really, really want to get to the point where there is too many to count. Until then I love to know what the increase is every year.
Heather @ new house, new home, new life said,
April 10, 2012 @ 8:29 AM
When do you come, Deborah? If it’s in the next couple of weeks, you should be okay as spring has held in Ontario after the warm spell. My daffodils are still blooming and the tulips are just opening and I’m in zone 6b, so you should be good. Fingers crossed.
kilbournegrove said,
April 11, 2012 @ 4:44 PM
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!!!!
Jennifer@threedogsinagarden said,
April 10, 2012 @ 10:52 AM
Deborah,The good news is that spring seems a bit stalled after the March heat wave we enjoyed here in Ontario. The Easter weekend was sunny, but downright breezy and cool. The real hold-up however, seems to be the lack of rainfall. The garden seems to be bidding its time, waiting for those April showers before it promises May flowers.
kilbournegrove said,
April 11, 2012 @ 4:45 PM
Ooooh, Thanks Jennifer, good news for me indeed.
Donna@Gardens Eye View said,
April 10, 2012 @ 10:52 AM
with the cold snap perhaps some will be waiting to greet you …fingers crossed!
kilbournegrove said,
April 11, 2012 @ 4:45 PM
My fingers are crossed, my toes and eyes as well, lol.
Curbstone Valley Farm said,
April 10, 2012 @ 4:28 PM
We’ve been thrown headlong back into winter here this week. There’s hope!
kilbournegrove said,
April 11, 2012 @ 4:46 PM
What a strange spring this year.
Helen at Toronto Gardens said,
April 10, 2012 @ 9:36 PM
Deborah, your snowdrops might have passed, but the weatherman might have stalled your daffodils. Hope you get to enjoy ‘em!
kilbournegrove said,
April 11, 2012 @ 4:46 PM
Thanks Helen, I planted some new varities last year, can’t wait to see them.
kate said,
April 11, 2012 @ 3:38 AM
Go for the daffodil counting – but you may be readying yourself for heartbreak… this isn’t a good year and numbers are down. If I didn’t count I wouldn’t know that and I’d be happy with what I’ve got!
How VP manages to count snowdrops I do not know….
kilbournegrove said,
April 11, 2012 @ 4:48 PM
Oh no, how disappointing and a bit frustrating. I know she said before she counts one clump, then multiplies by the number of clumps.
Katarina said,
April 11, 2012 @ 2:03 PM
Thanks for visiting my blog!
I do hope Spring will be there for you!
kilbournegrove said,
April 11, 2012 @ 4:49 PM
Thanks Katarina, I hope so as well, wait all year for it, sooo my favourite time of year.
Anna said,
April 12, 2012 @ 6:13 AM
Hope that spring is considerate enough to wait for your arrival Deborah. I am still waiting for VP to share her snowdrop counting technique as I don’t know how she does it
Here spring has got confused with March and April seemingly swapping over places. We don’t know where we are and neither do the plants.
kilbournegrove said,
April 18, 2012 @ 6:18 AM
She told me once, whe counts how many in a clump, then multiplies by the number of clumps.