Heather's Garden

SCHEMING

We're expecting a large winter storm Sunday night into Monday, but it's too late.  My mind has moved on to spring cleaning and seed-starting.  Friday was a lovely day near 60 degrees and we spent it on UCONN's campus.  I don't know if they started their bulbs in greenhouses and then planted them in the beds along the road, but there those green shoots sat and VPH and I both noticed.  No signs of them in my garden though, which could mean that the varmints ate all our bulbs, or they just haven't fought their way up yet. 

The stores all have seeds out and I have completely succumbed to the temptation those little packets offer.  Combined with the leftovers from the last 2 years I have quite the little seed stash:

 

Please note the wintry, anemic light and the Christmas-themed socks in the background...clear signs that it is not yet time to be planting anything no matter how badly I want to!

Are you dying to get started too?

LIVING VICARIOUSLY

Though we've been experiencing an unusual February thaw, it's only served to infect me with early spring fever.  It's still cold and windy...and since it's February, I can't even think about planting, bulbs popping throw the mud (there was a lot of snow and ice out there that's now melted), or even tidying up outside. 

So since I have nothing to say about gardening, I can point you to 2 sites that have lots to say:

Interested in new music and don't have any 18-year-old men around to inform you of the best indy stuff around?  Fork/Knife can give you what you need.

Are you in your mid-30s and trying to figure out who you are and what you want to do with your life?  Or just want to see some beautiful photos of far off places and read humorous travelogues?  My cousin has what you need at her blog This End Up!

49 degrees is nice, but I suspect that freezing temps are lurking just around the corner.  It just can't be April quickly enough.

WELL I STILL LIKE THEM

My photographs were not chosen.  A few stats for you:

172 photographers entered

49 photographers chosen

1073 photographs submitted

82 photographs will be hung

As I wrote to a friend earlier this evening, "It's a very arty show and my little flowers and bugs didn't move them."  And I'm in excellent company among the losers, several of whom have previously won 1st honors and been exhibited yearly for 15+ years.

I'm not heart-broken since I knew it was a long-shot.  However I will walk around the show on Friday evening looking for any photographs that aren't better than mine!