You are SO right: for all the staring (at the ground) that I do, those blooms WILL appear out of nowhere! And yet… I stare. LOL

Thanks Sarah! We could all use a little magic, I suppose!

Whenever we’ve added a conifer, I checked what the Winter color would be prior to purchasing. There are plenty of conifers that turn “blah” in the Winter and I can’t stand the “Winter blahs” as it is! LOL

You’re not the first person to feel that way! I wish it could stay looking that way all Winter! Especially on the gardens where it looks drab otherwise!

That’s interesting they fell out of favor in the UK. I rely on conifers for Winter color because we’re too cold (at least where I’m located) for much of anything blooming except my Heather/Heath. In the Summer I just want the conifers to survive our heat and humidity!

That’s funny Mala, and I’d love to have blooming Forsythia this early! I once saw tons of blooming Forsythia in Germany in early February when attending a family funeral. It had been super warm there, but that morning it snowed. To be outside with snow falling and the yellow blooms around us was quite the scene.

Thanks Karen! I wonder if I’ll ever see that exact type of snowfall again, where the ground just melted the snow immediately. (My husband’s favorite kind of snow: no clean up needed!)

Thanks Fred! Glad you liked the icing sugar pictures! The scene was quite magical!