Flowers!

Saturday was really nice. It was about 70 degrees and sunny. I went out of the house around 12pm and saw a bunch of flowers growing in my yard. I drew some of them, but not all. There were some spotted, bright yellow flowers, some purple and white crocuses, and some unidentified indigo flowers that hadn't opened yet.

Has spring sprung?

Today (3/8/10) was really warm, about 40-50 degrees. We all went outside after lunch for the first time since winter! I only needed a light jacket. I wore a t-shirt as well. Also, the buds on my pussy willow have some of the fuzzy bit sticking out. Unfortunately, I couldn't get very good pictures, because of the flash on the camera. I'll do a sketch tomorrow and put it on the blog.

Snowdrop!

Around 7:20 am last Monday, I walked out of my house and saw that there was a snowdrop in my garden. The snowdrop was a small white flower with a kind of a teardrop shape and long thin leaves, in a light green color. The flower, which wasn't open, was about a centimeter and a half tall, and a centimeter wide. It was under the rhododendron bush in my back yard. This spot is ideal for the snowdrop, which has been coming back up every spring for years, because it receives a lot of light. It gets direct light from the sun shining into he garden which isn't shaded by any trees, and it gets reflected light from the house in front of it. (My house reflects light because it is whitish-gray.) It was surprising to see a flower so early in spring, when spring isn't even official! Here is my sketch of the snowdrop, with the bush in the background.