Spring

Spring in Petoskey is one of the most glorious times of the year! After a long winter, seeing green again is wonderful, and this year was especially so since we had snow for almost 5 months! The waterfront is green and lovely, and the water is so beautiful and blue. (Can you tell I've been starved for color? White does get rather monotonous!) It is still on the cool side, but in the 60's, and one day we even had 85 degrees! So fun! I hope you enjoy the waterfront with me!

Tulip Time!

These red beauties are near the waterfall park. It was a gorgeous day yesterday, so we had a picnic. Since I was out of town a few days, it seems like everything started blooming and the trees burst into leaf in the 3 days I was gone! Petoskey is a beautiful place right now!

Spring is springing up!

I love flowers, and hyacinths are one of my favorites. The deer won't eat them, they smell amazing, and they are so cheery and bright. You can always tell how far we are into Spring we are by what flowers are blooming. Right now, the daffodils are almost done, the hyacinths are blooming, and the tulips are starting. Gorgeous! I wish we had smell-a-puter for you all to enjoy these today!

Can you Imagine?

Having your front yard look like this in the Spring? Wouldn't that be lovely? This is a front yard of a lucky homeowner in Petoskey who has a carpet of blue every spring. So pretty!

It's Going, Going, Gone!

This is the last bit of our 6 foot snowbank that finally melted today. Most of the snow is gone, just the bits left in ditches and places the sun doesn't shine too brightly. It was even warm enough the last 2 days to be outside without a coat on! How incredibly lovely!!

Two for the Price of One

Here you get a "two-fer", a really cool window offering of bright spring color, and the great facades of buildings across Lake Street. This is a great shopping area with all sorts of little stores that are just brimming with unique things waiting to be discovered. All part of the Gaslight District fun!

Open Water

Finally, at long last, there is open water on the bay! That means the ice is melting and Spring is just around the corner. What a wonderful thought!

There it is!!

The first robin of Spring! Thankfully the snow last night just stayed flakes and it looks like someone took a powdered sugar duster to the ground outside. A few hours south of here they got several inches, so I am very happy with a dusting. Welcome, Robin!

Snow

How many pictures can you take of snow and still have them be interesting? I really have no wish to find out!! I have heard that snow when it seems like Spring is coming is like a slap in the face when you expected a kiss... very appropriate, I think.

Spring is Coming!!!!!!!!

I'm just a little excited (hence all the exclaimation points) about Spring this year. These are the first green shoots I've seen, hostas coming up near the library downtown. They'll be gorgeous in a while with huge leaves and oh, they can't come soon enough for me!

It Snowed. Again.

Last night about 6 pm, it started to snow. It started out slow, just tiny flakes. But as the evening went on, the snow got heavier and the wind picked up considerably. By the time I got home last night at 8:30, visibility was about 200 feet and was I glad to be home for the night!! The snow stopped around 1 or 2 am and this morning when we got up, we had over 10 inches in our driveway! Schools are closed and people have been asked to stay in until more plowing can be done, probably a few hours or so. Hopefully, this is winter's last hurrah and Spring can come soon. As for me, I'm staying home today!!