Monday morning, the small cluster
of daffodil greenery at my front steps looked as if the blooms would break
through any moment. All day the weather was
beautiful and sunny but dusk then dark came and those flowers remained only on
the verge of bursting forth.
Woke up this morning to
bright sunshine coming through the window inspiring my thought, “I bet those
daffodils are blooming this morning.“ No
sooner than I turned from the window I heard another indication of spring. It was the landscapers returned to begin getting my grounds in
order.
Friday I had seen landscapers
servicing property on the other side of town.
Yesterday one of my company’s crew was taking care of a commercial
property in town. So coming today for their annual and thorough
spring cleanup of my property was not a surprise in
spite of it being so early in the month.
After all from January we’ve
been threatened with an early spring. Since
the Halloween snowstorm, there was one meaningful snowfall, a covering of three
to four inches. It melted quickly. Actually the daffodil shoots were peeking
from the soil before the snow fell. I
worried about them surviving to grow and bloom.
The landscaper’s and their
hurry-scurry noisy work moved on to another home and I rushed out to check my
daffodils. Their vibrant yellow blooms
had arrived.. But what a shock! The yardman’s uncaring, powerful leaf blower
had flattened my plant and broken the biggest flower.
My daffodil, shown above and anticipated
since early January, is undergoing therapy.
Hopefully it has been saved to beautify spring when it actually comes.
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