April 26, 2019 Early Spring Blooms, Eugene Delacroix, Charles Townes, Irma Franzen-Heinrichsdorff, John J. Audobon, Frederick Law Olmsted, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Justin Martin, Photo Friday, Anna Eliza Reed Woodcock, and the Michigan State Flower
How close are your earliest bloomers to your front door?
Your crocus, snowdrops, iris, daffodils, tulips, forsythia, daphnes, and magnolias.
When I redid my front garden last year, the designer had put all my earliest bloomers right near the front porch and walk. When I asked her reasoning, she reminded me of our long winters. Her advice was spot on: When spring finally arrives, it's much more pleasurable to have those earliest blooms where you can see them first thing.
Brevities
#OTD It's the birthday of Eugene Delacroix born on this day in 1798.
Delacroix is widely considered as one of the…
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