{"id":1585,"date":"2010-03-13T11:16:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T18:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/crocus_and_daff\/"},"modified":"2010-03-13T11:16:53","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T18:16:53","slug":"crocus_and_daff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/crocus_and_daff\/","title":{"rendered":"Crocus and Daffodils and Tulips…."},"content":{"rendered":"


Oh, my! Spring is arriving early to northeast Illinois. We’ve had a week of off-and-on rain. The snow has melted away, grass is greening up, and crocus are in bloom. Each day I visit the gardens that lead to the front door to see what’s newly sprouted. The daffodil<\/A> leaves are at least six inches tall. The Darwin hybrid tulip leaves are all up. There are scads of iris coming up, sharp little points of green pushing their way up out of the dirt. The lavender is greening up, and I can see leaves on the phlox, foxglove and centaura montana.
\nI’ve seen the first chipmunk, but not the first robin. My sister said she saw one, so they will be here shortly. I figure the rain has flooded the chipmunk den and floated him up and out, along with the worms. The robins can’t be too far behind, since the worms are such easy pickins.
\nDear Husband is getting his ears lowered this afternoon. He said if I accompanied him, he’d treat for lunch. I asked if he would go with me to a quilt show after lunch, and he agreed. It turns out the show is just half a mile from Elegante Mother, so we’ll make a stop there.
\nTomorrow, I hope to get some more work done in the basement, and work on my ironing<\/A>. I let that stack grow until it begins to irritate me, and then spend an afternoon cutting it back. It’s always more fun when there is new fabric to iron, but I’ve been trying to resist buying more fabric until I use up some of my stash. I think there may be about twenty quilts waiting to be designed from the stash, perhaps more. I hope the quilt show will provide inspiration!
\nI hope you all have a great weekend. Stay dry!
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