Garden photos from this afternoon:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

With my iPhone

[CurtEastPoint]

1. tender, delicate shoots. So pretty.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Thank you so much, my dear CurtEastPoint!

I love them at this stage.

[magicarpet]

2. Well,.. that's encouraging...

... a flower.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Thank you, dear magicarpet! Flowers encourage me too!

[magicarpet]

11. So much winter I was afraid nature might forget how to make them.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. Thank goodness, Mother Nature never forgets how!

[handmade34]

3. oh lovely...

I still have 4 feet of snow in my garden

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. I'm so glad you like these, my dear handmade34...

I'm really sorry you still have so much snow.

[handmade34]

14. I did start

cosmos, morning glory, sunflower and moonflower inside this week

hope springs eternal... or is it we just really hope spring gets here someday

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. I think it's both hope and waiting for spring that we know will be here.

[CatMor]

4. The beauty of nature.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Thank you so much, my dear CatMor!

[volstork]

7. Love the oak-leaf hydrangea shoots, Peggy!

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief.
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

--Robert Frost

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Thank you so much, my dear volstork...

Robert Frost got it!

And you knew their name! I was in too much of a hurry to label them.

[volstork]

17. I have some as well.

Mine are a little behind yours, though. Just tiny green leaves, but perfect in their oak-leaf-ness!

[Talitha]

9. How beautiful... thank you!

What kind of flower is it?

(We've got dirty melting snowpiles, dead grass and mud. )

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Thank you, my dear Talitha!

The orange ones are Clivia miniata. They're a semi-tropical flower and they do well out here in the shade.

I love them!

I hope your spring arrives soon!

[Talitha]

22. I had to look it up - it's in the Amaryllis family... indoor plants up here, lol.

I learn something new every day here in DU!

[mahina]

12. Life! Gorgeous!

Thank you ❤️

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Thank you, my dear mahina! Life indeed!

(How do you make that red heart? I have no idea!)

[mahina]

21. It's a smilie on my old phone

Between the 123 button and mic. Aloha CP! 🤙🏼

[Ohiogal]

19. New beginnings ...

So beautiful, so encouraging.

Thank you, Peggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. Thank you, my dear Ohiogal!

I feel the same when they start appearing in my garden!

It helps my mood no end.

[JDC]

23. Lovely as always. Thank you Peggy

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. You're very welcome, my dear JDC..........So glad you enjoyed seeing them.

[Bayard]

26. Nothing like the first flowers coming up in spring

To remind us that hope springs eternal.

Thanks, Peggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. Thank you, my dear Bayard!

Flowers mean renewal and that means hope!

[Callalily]

28. Oh, now nice to see a burst of color.

We are still in our "brown season". Sigh!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. Thank you so much, my dear Callalily!

I'm glad I could bring some color to you...........