Comments on: The Big Thaw

By: jwms

jwms — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:08:43 +0000

I didn't feel very well until I looked at these photos. I feel much better, now. Thank you.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:42:31 +0000

Your blog makes me feel calm and grounded and inspired. Thank you! Even here in Los Angeles we have had a real winter with lots of cold rain, hail, frosty nights, snow in the mountains. Strolling the UCLA campus last week, I saw a fat squirrel stealing bits of newspaper and racing high into a pine tree. Can squirrel babies be on the way already? Ah, Spring!

By: Tricia

Tricia — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:33:42 +0000

My first daffodil bloomed on New Year's eve and have continued to bloom over the past 6 weeks. Like you, I wonder what is causing the earlier blooms...

By: linda bland

linda bland — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:22:49 +0000

miss martha ,
i haven't been on your page for awhile...but today i visit your page... the picture of your farm with snow on the ground was so beautiful.i wish i had a place like that just to get away for the rat race..its just so breath taking..one nite i watch your show and i told my hubbie your didn;t sound like you felt good..hope you are doing good..and you are feeling good. best wishes.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:57:51 +0000

What nice pictures on such a warm day for this time of year. I was surprised to see the daffodils sprouting up. Can't wait for the pussywillows to bloom, as you showed us beautiful pictures of them last spring.
In this area of the country, you never know when the last snow storm is going to come. As the saying goes, March comes in like a lion, out like a lamb!

By: Cindy Bricker

Cindy Bricker — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:04:30 +0000

(...oh yes...that sunken birdbath!...)

I don't remember ever seeing this birdbath before, Martha...pleasepleasePLEASE show it to us this summer, when it is filled! I was going to suggest (being a bird lover-n-all) that you have some birdbaths here and there in your gardens (you know, as focal points), but - well, you already have one! (And it looks waaay cool! - IlikeitIlikeit!)

I am r-e-a-l-l-y interested in seeing this, so keep us updated (pretty please?!!) [grin] It made my heart pitter-patter!

(okay, I feel better...)

=^..^=

By: Cindy Bricker

Cindy Bricker — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:54:35 +0000

Today's first photo of Francesca and Sharkey resembles (to me) those little Scottie dogs that had magnets which came in a little matchbox - remember those? - they'd repel one another or attract each other, depending which way you turned them. In the distance, the girls are just simply black and white, sitting opposed to each other, and it just reminded me of those childhood toys. I only KNOW they were rippin'-n-tearin' around, 'snorting' in all that fresh air (with those little pushed-in faces - remember, I grew up with Boxers.) Edgar's =^..^= sister, Mandy =^..^=, just l-o-v-e-s the fresh air (she stays indoors, unless she helps me bring in the mail [in my arms] or waves goodbye to her daddy when he's leaving the house and getting in the vehicle. [giggle]) Over the past weekend, it was warm enough to have a door open, and I lifted the storm window just enough so she could sniff and twitch her little pink nose and take in all those tantalizing scents...she just loved it! Meindert, Billy, and Clive are just dear - I feel certain in my heart that they're beginning to feel a little frisky too and want to get out and run and play and give God glory in their own little ways... Today's winds (40-50 mph gusts!) are atrocious, which will call for yet another wintertime yard clean-up. Twiggy branches and other debris (trash!! - man, do I HATE that!!) have blown from who-knows-where, so after the winds lay tomorrow, I'll be doing that (tomorrow nite, by street lights) before snow showers arrive on Saturday. Yes, snow showers! (Oh, the humanity...) Me-thinks Old Man Winter isn't finished with us yet! =^..^= "My primary objection to gardening is that by the time my back gets used to it, my enthusiasm is gone."--Anonymous

By: Jan Erickson

Jan Erickson — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:41:03 +0000

Hi Martha, It is amazing what 'Mother Nature' is capable of doing as time goes by. Your beautiful farm is a perfect example of how 'Mother Nature' performs. I absolutely love all of the fantastic photos you share with us. Many of them are a bit similar to my property, like the moss, the lichens and the plants poking up through the melting snow. I find all of that beautiful. After we have a cold spell, I just love it when the birds come out of wherever and start singing again. We had 63 degrees last Wednesday and the birds were spectacular. What a wonderful harbinger of Spring this blog is! Can't wait to start gardening again. Thanks so much for doing your wonderful blog. Jan

By: TheCottonWife

TheCottonWife — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:00:19 +0000

We have had beautiful weather here in Virginia too.

My whole family has loved being outside in the fresh sunshine. My favorite part is bringing in clothes right off the line. That smell is unbeatable!

By: susan

susan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:37:49 +0000

Here in Nova Scotia we are having freezing rain today and still a lot of snow.This winter feels very long,I guess i'm longing to get out doors and start planting.We moved down here last fall from Ontario and now we have nine acres to play with.I have a lot of work ahead of me..i wish you were here so you could tell me what I should start doing first.I am planning apple trees,chickens,and a huge veg garden!
maybe I shouldn't be rushing my 'down' time right now lol
Sue