On a grey day this dogwood showed signs of buds about to bloom. This was the day before 84 degree temperatures...perhaps that pushed them open!
Last week several nights were below freezing, but the Bradford Pear survived, and is moving toward having green leaves now.

Nobody I know, just wanted to show the fireplace!
The Cornerstone Restaurant in Asheville offers breakfast all day long.
I'm helping spring along. Some grocery store flowers sit on my table next to the machine which has a vest to vibrate my lungs to help me breathe.
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Sharing with Tom's Tuesday Treasures and Wordless Wednesday.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do. -Voltaire, philosopher (1694-1778)
Black Mountain's Beautification Committee does a great job of putting some blooms in the corners people go by.
It's lovely when buds start to appear, as tiny as they are they seem to bring colour and a freshness to a winter palette
ReplyDeleteOur first opened buds were frozen back last weekend, so I'm trying to find those which survived.
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ReplyDeleteI love all the Spring blooms. The restaurant looks nice!
Take care, enjoy your day and the week ahead.
The restaurant was nice, and the food delicious. Prices were out of sight however. I refused the coffee once I asked the waitress the cost, $3.59 a cup. I remember when it was a dime. Well, no, not actually, because I didn't drink coffee yet then. But still, I draw the line at 2.50. I can get an Americano at my local coffee shop for that price!
DeleteWe are back to gales, rain and icy weather too..but most flowers will hopefully survive!
ReplyDeleteA nice solid fireplace. I like cafés that serve an all day breakfast menu..sometimes that is all you need. Probably you need a bigger kitchen to provide a wider choice though.
Keep on breathing.we are addicted to air !! xx
Yay to air, and rain has it's place in the scheme of things. Our current drought means we need some, and with the low humidity these days (which I love!) there's wild-fire danger here. I can breathe so much easier when it's dry!
Delete...Barbara, your spring has sprung. This morning we are "enjoying" a dusting of snow!
ReplyDeleteIt's always possible to have more snow here before real spring. I am trying to be patient, but also don't want to miss seeing whatever does bloom.
DeleteI almost posted that staying up until dark one on FB tis morning. Enjoy your spring weather or whatever it is doing today. We are expecting some snow this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteWe elders do celebrate what naps can do for us! Enjoy the snow, though I doubt that joy is the emotion it brings out.
DeleteSpring is finally in the air! You are a few weeks ahead of us so I look to your pots as things to look forward to here is the still chilly north. But the daffodils are budding, so there is that!
ReplyDeleteOur yo-yo spring here meant the first daffies died back with freezes a few nights, and you can see the sad pansies too. But we may have a few warm days this week. I'm keeping an eye out for blooms. Missed the weeping cherries, they all have gone to leaf buds now.
DeleteThe spring blossoms are so fleeting, what with frosts and sudden heat. Beautiful when you catch them. Drier air suits you? Colorado can provide that, if you can handle the elevation. Let's hope.
ReplyDeleteThat’s my thinking exactly.
DeleteHow is the "vest" working out for you?
ReplyDeleteIm doing it daily now for 15 minutes. It’s a size small so is maybe not geared for my shape. But it does shake things loose. So I’ll keep doing it.
DeleteIm very grateful that a friend who also had bronchiectasis loaned it to me, then she died, so I just kept it.
DeleteBreakfast all day long is my cup of tea! Gorgeous fireplace.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the spring flowers. We had a dusting of snow this morning. It was nice to see color.
Snow dust is part of spring but not here lately. Just figuring out what coat to wear is a trick!
DeleteA lot of blooms got zapped but Spring just keeps chugging on!
ReplyDeleteI tried purchasing some daffodils in the grocery, but they didn't last any longer than the ones out in the sudden cold. Oh well...yes indeed, spring is chugging along!
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