It’s Spring!…………..APRIL FOOL!
Suspicious looking substance on a deck in Issaquah Highlands on the morning of April 1.
On closer examination it was found to be ICE. I shouldn’t be suprised really. Was I expecting some miraculous transformation from March 27, 28, 29. 30, 31?
On March 27 I had a bad case of Spring Fever. It was getting warmer and sunnier. I just had to get my pots on the deck planted with colorful, joyful spring flowers. It was cool but sunny. I couldn’t wait. That very evening SNOW began to fall. Yes, this is the Puget Sound area that hardly ever gets snow, this year we have had some, but surely not the end of March.
Alas, my freshly planted pots were covered with snow each night. It melted off in the day time, almost, just to be assaulted with fresh snow at any moment and each night.
The flowers look pretty pathetic. I guess this is good news for nurseries. I’m sure I am not the only one who has to start over!
Long ago I resolved never to plant before mid April. I’m going to take my own advice.
