March Forth, Crocus

To a Crocus

Welcome, wild harbinger of spring!
To this small nook of earth;
Feeling and fancy fondly cling
Round thoughts which owe their birth
To thee, and to the humble spot
Where chance has fixed thy lowly lot.
~Bernard Barton

In honor of the first day of March, we feature the photo above from my sister's garden. The soil is glacial till, sandy, with rocks of all sizes. She has had to add much compost and topsoil to achieve a mix that will grow anything other than moss. She planted the crocuses in the autumn of 2007 and they have bloomed every late winter since.

Here is an additional photo, which I took early in the morning of March 2, when I stopped by my sister's house. They do look so very different -- because of the time of day? the cloud cover? the early morning as opposed to the afternoon light? the camera? Interesting, all these variations. I've included a jumbo copy of this if you would like to have it for your personal/non-commercial use.

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Thanks for visiting today and good luck with your own early spring plants!

Have a great day!