Spring in the South

[ga flatwoods]

Here is a pic for those of you less fortunate snow birds. Sign that Spring is upon us. The first azeala bloom I have found this year.

[LWTCS]

We are i the throws of winter here.
Had to wear a tank top with a heavier thread count today cuz it was a fuh fuh fuh freezing 67 degrees this morn......82 now.

[heartcut]

Nice pic. Thanks.
We have 4 seasons here: December, January, February and Summer.

[LWTCS]

Nice pic. Thanks.
We have 4 seasons here: December, January, February and Summer.

December nearly felt like summer this year. Was a sweaty Christmas morning at my house anyway.

[Halfbaked]

Its shorts and wife beaters here. It was a sunny 44 degrees. We have had 2 feet of snow melt this week.

[acfixer69]

Frickin global warmin i tellua yea globol warmin thats the ticket

[SoMo]

GA, we hit 73 now it's 30 something and the peeper frogs are peeping,50mph winds today. The local news actually reported several little dogs being blown away, for real. That's windy hold on to your chihuahuas. Melloman

[ga flatwoods]

It was 80 here today and 63 now at 10:00pm. Maples are in bloom and the swamps will be in full bloom given another week or so. March and April are beautiful down here with all the azaleas in full bloom. Savannah is full of them and make for a nice St. Patrick's Day and the second largest parade in the US.
GA Flatwoods

[MitchyBourbon]

I'd like to buy a little global warming. We are in the middle of yet another blizzard. I have an 8 foot snow drift outside my game room. I can't see the lake unless I go upstairs. I suppose that's actually a mercy of sorts. If I could actually see the lake I'd be reminded of the fact that the ice is so fricking thick my auger won't go all the way through it, no fishing for me.

[DAD300]

Few blooms and then Bees showed up this week, on Gulf.

[Prairiepiss]

We ate having a heat wave. It's 48 deg f now. We had snow on the ground and lakes frozen over. Till two days ago. Now its a big slop hole in my yard. But its suppose to snow next Monday. But then again they haven't been right yet with the forecasts.

[Uncle Jesse]

Near where I live, Mt. Diablo had a wildfire last fall. Charred quite a bit of it. We finally got some good rain the past month so Saturday my GF and I are taking a cruise out there to see if we can spot some nice wildflowers in bloom.

I'm a sucker for native wildflowers. Especially since they are very drought resistant and don't need a lot of water once established. Important around here were droughts tend to be the rule and not the exception.

[ga flatwoods]

Good luck in your persuit Uncle Jesse! Rain here today but only a spring shower. 73 here now as I run a muscodine pear brandy. Tasty stuff.

[Rng4]

Was 89 here on Wednesday. Beach clothes are on the shelves already and the spring breakers are starting to show up already.

[SoMo]

Enjoy the snow bunnies on sand, must be a wonderful sight. Melloman

[Uncle Jesse]

OK trip to Mount Diablo yielded some good finds. Blooms aren't in full swing yet but definitely saw:

California Golden Poppy (no brainer, very common)
Western Wallflower
Blue Dicks (look it up... nice flower)
Wild Pansies
Brewer's Rock Cress
Mt. Diablo Lupine
Monkey Flower

And the manzanita is growing shoots from the base of the stems, even though all the rest of the plants are toasted black from the fire. I guess the roots did just fine. Gotta love those native California plants and their hundreds of thousands of years of fire ecology.

[heartcut]

That's one beautiful mountain, Jesse. The shellfish fossils around the peak sure amazed me. Used to camp out near the peak for meteor showers in the 60's and have just the peak and Coit Tower sticking out through the fog in the morning.

[Uncle Jesse]

Here's a couple of photos from Saturday.

[Uncle Jesse]

More photos.

[Uncle Jesse]

Three more pics of native wildflowers.

[ga flatwoods]

Very pretty. Thanks for posting Uncle Jesse! The mountain looks out of place with what appears to be the flatlands behind it.

[Uncle Jesse]

Very pretty. Thanks for posting Uncle Jesse! The mountain looks out of place with what appears to be the flatlands behind it.

Yes it's very tall and to the east is the central valley. That pic looks toward Stockton just a bit south of Sacramento. You can see the delta in the photo.

It's the geographical "center" of California on aviation maps due to the way it stands out. And even though it's near a lot of population, it's pretty remote. I could hear some guys having fun with their guns not too far off while we were up there.

Lots of history to the mountain. One of the members of the infamous Donner Party settled at the base of the mountain because the grizzly hunting was so good!

[OlympicMtDoo]

Very nice pics Uncle Jesse, My drive way is right at a mile long and I tried to get seeds for California poppys last year to growing along my driveway but couldn't find the seed anywhere, just found some the other day though so this year we'll getem started. Love to see them growing along the highways in the spring. OMD

[Uncle Jesse]

Very nice pics Uncle Jesse, My drive way is right at a mile long and I tried to get seeds for California poppys last year to growing along my driveway but couldn't find the seed anywhere, just found some the other day though so this year we'll getem started. Love to see them growing along the highways in the spring. OMD

After the flowers drop the petals, the poppies out out these long, pointy seed pods. Grab them when they are almost all the way brown but be careful. They split at the top when they are dry and pop open which spreads the seeds around for a yard or so in all directions. I've picked them before and had them pop open in my hand and lost most of the seeds!

[mtnshiner85]

Nice to see, but its far from spring here in N.C. mountains , we got 3ft of snow in March 93 and it snows on Easter sometimes here

[OlympicMtDoo]

Nice to see, but its far from spring here in N.C. mountains , we got 3ft of snow in March 93 and it snows on Easter sometimes here

Damn you do have some long winters there in N.C. the 93rd of march, bet ya thought that month was never gona end

[OlympicMtDoo]

Thanks for the seed advice U.J. we do have them along some of our roads and HWYs so maybe I can get even more seeds.