They smell pretty!

OBTW, someone posted about a Winter Storm Warning for South and Central coast.

Is that still in effect for the weekend?

I believe it is still in effect...we're supposed to have rain both Sat and Sun.

We had some bulbs starting to pop up but they are covered by about a foot of snow and ice right now.

I can smell spring in the air though!

for all the snow... and I'm in Lexington, Kentucky.

Thank you, Peggy for sharing this touch of spring.... these flowers are gorgeous....

I have faith I will see flowers again!

We have another 3 to 6 inches of snow on the way Sunday night.

We've got a few pansies and some ornamental cabbage but that's it for color. The rosemary is still alive in the herb garden.

I'm not ready for spring. I love it cold and clear!

and pics!

And we may get a bit of rain this weekend here in the Bay Area.

Nice photos!

The rest of us a jealous here. The "high" today was about 16 degrees. The ground is frozen solid, under about a foot of snow and ice. It feels like spring is months away.

I don't believe it's lavender...I do have some but it's not flowering just yet. I think the one you mean is rosemary and it's nearly done, I think! There were a few withered flowers on that one.

What you saw as jasmine is actually my little orange bush. The flowers are so fragrant!

The pink flowers are lorapetalum (not sure of the spelling!)

I'm sure gardens in your location will be beautiful eventually! Of course, the key word is eventually...I know you're more than ready.

are...

they were jasmine. yes, the purple are lavendar and also wondering as you are what the pink flowers might be...

Haven't been to the cottage for a while, so hoping things there are doing OK. I don't expect anything like what you've got!

I don't leave work until 2300- I am sure all that slush is going to be nice and frozen by that time

:p

winter has finally hit here and we're heading into our snowiest months.

c'mon spring!

And we wish it were still winter here....we are way low on our rain totals and snowpack...

I wonder if my poor lavender has survived this deep frozen winter...I guess I'll find out maybe sometime in July or August...

I'm sorry you have to wait so long to find out!

but I'm not feeling too optimistic at the moment.

Iirc, it got 2'+ of snow on top of it before the really deep freezes that we've had. By the time were were -24 it had a *lot* of snow insulating it.