[Magdalen] Signs of the season

[Marion Thompson]

Crow-kye for certain, although we all tend to say crocus-es.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 2/11/2017 6:56 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
> She says it's crow-kye, "Because it's Latin, not Italian." Ooookay....
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 6:51 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I love it when these guys come up!
>>
>> My beloved spouse and I have not decided whether we call them "crow-kye"
>> or "crow-sye".
>>
>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 6:23 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> We have snow crocuses in profusion today. Places on our property are quite
>>> purple; the little guys spread like wildfire, appearing in places far from
>>> where they were originally planted. The hellebores are not only getting
>>> ready to bloom, they have also begun to spread, particularly in an upper
>>> bed where we didn't expect them to! Daffodils and tulips are up
>>> everywhere.
>>> Today it was nearly 70F. It's crazy.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 10:38 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>