Running Late

Winter is over apparently but maybe Spring is too. Since the temperatures are in the high 70s and low 80s, we may have jumped straight into Summer. I certainly hope not. I love Spring and I hope this heat is just a temporary thing. The yard is spotted with color now with lots of these ......

 .....and some of these.

 Inside the house we have some color too, although it's also out of sync. At Christmas 2017 I was given a couple of poinsettias. They flowered for several months, then dropped all their leaves. The empty stalks were still alive so I kept them in the same window and continued to feed them once a week. In late summer they started getting some tiny little new leaves. One of them is still covered with green leaves.

But the other one is now putting out some color. There is this small patch just starting to redden.

And there is this one that is starting to look like a poinsettia. So it's only about five months late. It's OK, no pressure.

While those plants are just starting up, the Christmas cactus is still going strong. This plant started blooming back in the fall and hasn't let up.

I've been working on some special projects but I took time out to make this little guy. Here's the naked  polar bear.

Then he had overalls.

Finally a hoodie and boots.

Check out the fish he caught. That should keep him happy for awhile.

I'll let you in on the special project soon.