Spring is teasing us here in the southern piedmont of North Carolina. February is the month when our daffodils pop out of the ground and remind us that spring is coming.
As usual, though, winter is reluctant to give up its grip. The last two weeks of February this year brought us a record-breaking one-day foot of snow and two record-breaking high temperatures in the high 70s.
The day the first daffodils bloom is perhaps my favorite day of the year. That’s how much I don’t like winter!
Among my earliest memories is watching in February for that first daffodil blossom, running back into the house for a pair of scissors, and going back out into the yard to cut that flower.
I would take it in the house and my mother would share in my excitement as she reached in the kitchen cabinet for a little vase. We would put that vase and its precious flower in the center of the kitchen table to be enjoyed for days as more daffodils opened and joined it in a larger vase.
It was nearly 80 degrees here on Thursday and Friday. Today’s predicted high is 46 degrees.
This is what we expect in February and March. The electric blanket won’t come off my bed and be put away until mid-May. Just in case!
Janet
P.S. The U.S. President’s State of the Union Address is scheduled for tonight. I have not yet decided if I can bear to watch it. The sitting President does not command my attention or respect; however, a part of me believes I should watch it so I will know what he says. It will anger me, but I suppose I will watch it as a concerned citizen.
The government should be afraid of its citizens, not the other way around.
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Thanks for the photos of the lovely daffodils! Happy Southern Spring! We have 2 more months for them to arrive… I’ll catch the late night comedian summary of the address tomorrow. 🙂
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I love your daffodils! We’re not even close to mud season, which precedes spring. I won’t be watching the life-fest tonight. Tomorrow, I’ll listen to commentators I trust on independent media. I’m fed up with the sane-washing of corporate media.
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You’re welcome! Didn’t intend to make you jealous! I’m still undecided about tonight. I think I’ll record it, but not watch it. It the late-night comedians whet my appetite for it, I might go back and watch parts of it. I wonder how many hours he will ramble.
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Thank you, Liz! I keep thinking of you and all that snow this week! It’s not unheard of for our daffodils to get snowed on, but they don’t usually get buried under feet of snow like you experience. I’m planning to record the speech but not watch it until I hear comments and see clips of it after the fact. Then, I can go back and watch it if I can muster up the stomach for it. I know he’ll just make me angrier than I already am.
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Have you seen the LWV Bingo cards? https://www.lwv.org/blog/state-union-bingo-2026
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You’re welcome, Janet.
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Thank you, Rebecca! I had not seen the LWV Bingo cards. That’s hilarious. Might have made watching the address tonight bearable to have a game to play along with it. I’m taping it. Might watch it tomorrow. Might not.
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Lovely daffodils. The weather here is up and down, a little crazy, but spring is around the corner. The State of the Union… yeah, I didn’t watch it. I’ll wait to read the reporting in the newspapers.
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Those flowers are beautiful. I hope that the weather will stabilize soon so that you can enjoy the warmth of spring. Have a blessed day and don’t allow the president to spoil your days.
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I recorded it, just in case I had a weak moment and wanted to watch it. Not going to happen. I understand he threw the City of Charlotte under the bus over that murder on the light rail. He’s a master of making blanket statements about places and ethnic groups. I heard he called the murderer an illegal alien, which is a lie.
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Thank you, Beverley. All throughout the winter I look forward to the day the daffodils start blooming! I refuse to let the president spoil my days. That would be giving him more power than he could ever have or deserve. Enjoy the rest of your week.
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Nothing surprises me anymore. He has said so many outrageous things that there seem to be no limits to the way he says them.
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Dear Janet
The whole speech was a lie, as expected.
All the daffodils are out here as well. Unfortunately, it’s warm in Norfolk like late spring. But we just came back from our winter holiday. Fortunately, we had lots of snow as we wanted it be.
Have a great Time
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Dear Klausbernd, Thank you for reading my blog and taking the time to leave a comment. I just could not watch the speech because I knew it would be nothing but lies. I recorded it, but did not watch it. The little clips and quotes I have read were all I could stand. Today, we hear that an Executive Order declaring a state of emergency so he can cancel the national elections in November has been drafted. I don’t know when more Americans will wake up to the fact that we have a dictator.
I’m glad you had lots of snow for your winter holiday! Enjoy the rest of your winter/perhaps early spring.
Best regards from North Carolina!
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