Blooming February

It has been such a warm month, I offer that as my only excuse as to my blogging absence. I just find so many things to do outside when the weather is this beautiful. I thought it would be fun to go around my yard and blog a sample of what is blooming.

I spent a lot of the month in the garden. Although the flowers in this post are well established, there is still so much to do year round in the garden. Just clearing, pruning, cleaning up and because I am neurotic, moving plants. A garden changes with time and I'll find that my favorite plants are hidden by others grown around them.

With all of this color one might imagine that it is Spring! That would be a mistake, for although I live in California, and I am blessed with many blooming things in my yard, it most definitely is not spring. I was awakened from my dreams of starting the tomatoes early, by the shocking reality that yes, it is February you crazy woman!!

Oh well, Spring will come and I will be ready for it with my garden gloves, spades, seeds and plants! Until then, I think I'll go play in the snow and dream of the blooms to come, sigh...