GETTING AN EARLY START ON SPRING

At the cabin.

The lilac trees are opening their sweet little leaves...

and the crocus are in full bloom already.

The daffs have all popped up 

and it's just a matter of days before the first ones explode into bloom.

But it's my hydrangeas that I worried about the most.

They are my most favorites.

I planted four bushes last year.

Three made it back but one seems to be a goner.

And the hydrangea tree that I planted in honor of Karisma Dev,

my extraordinary student that graduated last year,

it's still too early to tell if that fabulous tree made it thru the winter.

I've got my fingers crossed.