[Magdalen] Signs of the season

[Ann Markle]

Mine always bloomed in February when I lived in Tennessee. You guys are
making my heart ache for flowers, though I've seen some bulbs sprouting
around here already. How I miss my hellebores and snowdrops and aconite!
None of that East Coast snowstorm in Buffalo.

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:47 PM Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Here in New England, wild witch hazel blooms in December. Maybe yours is
> confused?
>
> We still have a foot-and-a-half of snow on the ground.   :-(
> In about an hour I drive down to Mass., where close to a foot of snow is
> expected tomorrow.
>
> No Spring here.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Weigel
> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 2:35 PM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Signs of the season
>
> The ivory hellebores have opened, and snow crocus abound. The snowdrops are
> blooming in their lovely microclimate and nothing will stop them, not even
> tomorrow's promised temps in the 30s. The daffodils are definitely poking
> their noses up.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:13 PM Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > My witch hazel is in bloom.  It's a copper colored on called 'Jelena'
> >
> > and this is about the right time for it.  My snowdrops have been in
> >
> > bloom for about 2 weeks.  I saw the first forsythia yesterday, pretty
> >
> > early for around here.  Daffodils are up but not in bud yet.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
> >
> > you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
> >
> > land of Egypt.
> >
> > Leviticus 19:34
> >
> >
>
> --
Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY