I’m suffering from severe envy. The day before yesterday was, of course, officially the first day of spring. Over the past few days, I’ve read several blogs celebrating the joys of the season each one complete with gorgeous pictures of flowers and trees in bloom.
Though I’ve never been to the Netherlands, I immediately think of tulips when I think of that country so it was no surprise to me when many of Malou’s colourful blooms were of that variety. She’s the writer of Going Dutch and a fabulous photographer. Caroline writes From a Tuscan Villa but her beautiful pictures of plum trees and magnolias in bloom reminded me of springtime in Japan. Even Maggie in Ontario has been posting gorgeous pictures of spring flowers on her blog, Living Life in Glorious Colour.
Why am I so jealous? Well, see for yourself. Here’s springtime in Alberta… our second snowstorm this week!
Very little colour here! This isn’t unusual for March in Alberta but is it any wonder that I’m dreaming of flowers and envying those who are already enjoying them?
Unlike the dry, powdery snow of winter, this time of year brings wet, sloppy snow heavy with much needed moisture. After a winter with very little snow, the farmers are happy to see it but I’d much rather it came as rain. Bring on those April showers please! And with them, a few flowers would be nice!
Following Augustine 
Well I do like the colour in the sign, it is a nice contrast to your drab black and white landscape….
just teasing and a little gloating from Ontario…
this is VERY unusual.. we usually have bitter cold and snow still too. We will have to pay the piper (or the weatherman) soon,,, I can feel it in my bones…
Yes, it’s kind of sad when our only bursts of colour come from things like road signs! Spring must be on the way though. The geese are back and someone saw a robin in town yesterday… poor thing!
Oh, sorry… 😦
April will be here in no time! 🙂
I’m looking forward to it!
Oh wow…..what can I say….sooner or later spring will visit Alberta too right?? I can’t wait to see the photo’s once it has arrived :)!!!
It will come eventually. It has to! The snow is usually gone around the end of March but it’s not unusual to get another snowstorm or two in April.
Not to make you jealous, but it was actually 85 degrees in Boston yesterday! Broke the record by at least 10 degrees for this time of year. But I didn’t enjoy it – I love spring, and I’m not okay with skipping straight from winter to summer 🙂
Wow! That’s amazing! Boston is on my list of places I must visit. What time of year do you suggest?
September is my favorite month in New England. All of the heat and humidity of summer has gone, but it’s still a bit warm. And the majority of tourists visit in summer, so it’s more peaceful too.
Oh I do feel for you!
I just came from Boston I was visiting my sister for a week. go now if you can! the weather was delightful!
Next spring or early summer is a possibility.
Oh no! That looks way too cold for me. I hope you see Spring soon 🙂
Thanks for stopping by, Annette! I see that building a snowman is on your bucket list. You could do that here as soon as the temperature climbs above 0 celsius (32 fahrenheit) again. 🙂
Too bad that winter doesn’t want to go away out there. We’ve been enjoying sunny weather since a few days ago. Today, the temperature hits 21C so I could finally go out without a coat. Tomorrow we will have barbeque with the parents-in-law so I marinated already the meat. 😉
Sadly, our barbeque is still covered with snow! The sun is shining this morning though which is very nice.