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[cleolinda]

Fact: February is the beginning of spring in Alabama.

Evidence: Pictures I took in my backyard earlier this week.

These are in large pots at about shoulder-level as you walk out the back door. My mother can't remember what they are, so I guess we'll find out, won't we?

These are camellias. I think?

This is a potted Japanese cherry tree (ornamental, no fruit). In the third picture (below left), I have no idea what that curving filament is. It looks like a hair, but--it's not mine. And you can see some spiderwebbage going on as well. So I have no idea.

Meanwhile, the picture to the right is the jasmine draped over the top of our privacy fence. It's very hard to see, but there really are two or three yellow blossoms up there already--I could smell them very clearly.

Note: despite all the floriage (amazingly, this is a real word), it was damn hell ass cold.

Bonus: Sunday morning at the Jones house. Apparently my dogs went on a bender last night or something. And now you know why Shelby's nickname is Right-Angle Dog.

Comments

[palmetto.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's a camellia. :)

Oddly enough, none of our trees have started to flower yet. The redbuds should be out soon, though, and the grass in the yard has perked up.

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

Fact: February is the beginning of spring in Alabama.

That's why I love visiting my grandmother in Montgomery for spring break. It's still completely spastic up in northern Virginia well into April, so it's nice to spend a week in a place where there are actual plants growing.

[soleta-nf.livejournal.com]

I need help! What Cleo entries should I recommend for LJ's anniversary book? (http://community.livejournal.com/lj_turns10/573.html?thread=6973#t6973) The one that comes to mind is the beignet that Cleo's sister made, but I can't find a link to that. Thanks!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hmm. People seem to like the one about Gerald?

[jedilora.livejournal.com]

Man, and we got excited today because most of the snow melted off the roof.

[diddakoi.livejournal.com]

Seriously.

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

Fact: February is the beginning of spring in Alabama.

This Canadian is going to go sulk in a corner now. ;P

[rissa333.livejournal.com]

So is this Kentuckian. Sigh.

[tundraeternal.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, i'm so jealous! New York is NOT damn hell ass cold, but that's just an aberration today. Next week it'll snow again :(

Right Angle Dog is going to be the next super-hero movie, i'm sure!

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Your dogs look like how I felt this morning.

[unicornluvr.livejournal.com]

I was honestly surprised I did not feel like that this morning

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Wow, pretty cherry blossoms! We can't (or don't) grow anything like that all the way down here. Too hot...

[divadeanna.livejournal.com]

It's veeery warm in Tennessee right now, too. Was wondering when things were going to start blooming again!

[kouredios.livejournal.com]

Ugh. February is Hell in Massachusetts. Jealous!

[calatha.livejournal.com]

But it was 50F today, w00t! I could see some bare ground! :D

[fortuna-juvat.livejournal.com]

All of michigan was out frolicking in the 40 degree weather this weekend.

I think your "Damn hell ass cold" is a little different than ours. :)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, it was about 24 degrees at the time.

[vkitty.livejournal.com]

I'm in California. Our first beach day was in January. *shrug*

[soulforophelia.livejournal.com]

Oh I'm so jealous!!! You have actual leaves on your trees!

We got up to 50 degrees here today, the warmest it's been since some time in October. Yesterday there was a foot of snow and now in the sunny spots there's just muddy grass. It's fabulous, everyone was outside in my neighborhood like it was 70 degrees or something.

[gabriellejoya.livejournal.com]

Fact: It will be winter here in Montana until May.
Evidence: Its snowing. Again.

Just kill me now.

[strife-caecus.livejournal.com]

Indeed, but Montana had 60 degree weather in January after being in the freezer below 0 (actual--not windchill). I figured temperatures jumping from below 0 into the low 60s in January in Montana wasn't quite normal. I have a friend who lives in Billings up there...

[mogumogu.livejournal.com]

Wow, flowers already...

[zhymmy.livejournal.com]

You might should not tell anybody it was 75 degrees here today. *shifty eyes*

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it got a lot warmer really quickly, it was weird.

[strife-caecus.livejournal.com]

Spring may come a bit earlier for Kansas City this year. Winter has been an odd one. We didn't have consistently cold weather. It would dip into the single digits and teens and perhaps snow, but in one to two weeks, it would jump back into the 50s and 60s. We actually broke 70 in places around town yesterday. Strange winter weather...

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was 70 (or nearly so) here today. And yet it was in the twenties earlier this week. Weirrrrd.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

My mother can't remember what they are, so I guess we'll find out, won't we?

They may offer you fortune and fame, love and money and instant acclaim.
But whatever they offer you, don't feed the plants.

[emerybored.livejournal.com]

I know! It was 70 today, and supposed to be in the mid- to upper 70s all week here in Houston. I can't remember the last time I wore more than a shirt outside. Maybe early January. Maybe. If Ike hadn't wiped out all of our plants, we'd be sprouting, as well.

[annaklaus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's snowing outside right now so I may be hating you just a little bit. I love that it never gets really hot here, but the trade off is that it spends a lot of time being freezing and slushy.

Stuff for linkspam

[mollywobbles867.livejournal.com]

But first: Haha. Yeah, it's pretty warm here in TN too right now.

Rupert Grint's Film Cherrybomb premiered at Berlinale today! ICM has pics (http://www.rupert-grint.us/~taoicm1/gallery2/v/premieres/Cherrybomb/)! And over this week, they'll be releasing their video and pics from the red carpet and from the Q&A session that was today. And tomorrow they sit down with him for an interview and will hopefully have pics and at least audio from that.

[catinwig.livejournal.com]

I wish it was spring here. We got more snow on Friday, and it's showing no signs of getting any warmer.

Being in Alberta, Canada sucks. :(

Temp.

[suzeclues12.livejournal.com]

ATL shout out - it's 66 right now. It was 17 last week. It could snow/ice between now and the end of April.

(Plants? Greenish grass - it's trying anyway - brown-to-no-leaves).

Let's call it the schizophrenia season, shall we?

[zeroxgirl1201.livejournal.com]

I am jealous of your spring. Send some up to Maryland. We've had a lovely weekend, but the temp is supposed to take a dive again.

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

Oh, your pics of your house remind me sooo much of my grandparent's place. Which isn't surprising, because they live in Hoover.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heh. That's where most of my college friends are from, in fact.