When we arrived in Naples, Florida in December, winter flowers were in full bloom and were beautiful. In January, we noticed that bushes along the roads were turning green and oak trees were losing their old leaves and putting out new green leaves. As we were leaving Naples at the end of February, we talked about leaving Spring behind.
But Spring was still with us for the first week in March in Orlando and stayed with us as we drove north to Savannah. In previous years we measured Spring on our drive north by blooming Yellow Jasmine. As we were going through North Florida, Aloma mentioned that she didn’t see any Yellow Jasmine. I suggested they might have already bloomed. We might see them north of Savannah. And we did.
As we passed South of the Border and entered North Carolina, bushes and trees along I-95 were turning green and some trees (wild cherry, we think) were blooming. I told Aloma, “I think Spring has beaten us to our home in Cary.”
As it turned out, we could have walked the rest of the way to our home and still have beaten Spring to Cary.
When we arrived home, wild cherries were blooming and a few bushes were showing new green leaves, but most bushes and trees didn’t show signs of Spring. I thought, “Give it a couple more days and Spring would be bursting out all over. Not!!
Unusually cold weather kept Spring contained. We did have beautiful daffodils and blooms on our Quince shrub, but we still waited. Finally last week our neighbor’s Cherry tree bloomed as did Redbud trees in the neighborhood. And I saw my first Yellow Jasmine. Spring had finally arrived at our home.
Seasoned Man
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