Whether you just filed last night or spent your refund check on groceries weeks ago, you deserve to treat yourself to another thing in life (besides death, heaven forbid!) that’s certain:  Thousands of daffodils blooming in concert at Blithewold.  I think I pretty much called it when I said they’d peak around the end of the week.  It’s that magical moment before the early daffs fade and the late daffs are fully out – it’s a moment that should last a few days.  And if you can see past the daffodils there are plenty of other things blooming too.  In honor of Garden Bloggers Bloom Day hosted by Carol of May Dreams Gardens the 15th of every month (I’m so often fashionably late to the party), here are a few of the other blooms coming and going on the grounds:

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Did you think I would forget to show the daffodils? (I took these pictures yesterday – just imagine how much more outstanding it is today…)

What’s at its peak in your garden?

The past couple of days have been on the brutally chilly side but I’ve seen quite a few bundled up people lingering on the grounds anyway.  The reward is that spring is dallying while it opens, taking its cue from the sun.  The daffodils are out more and more – I’d say they’ll be about halfway to peak in the next day or two.  – I still think the big peak will be by the end of the week/weekend.  You know how I love the unfold though, so this is actually just about my favorite moment – when so many are still just on the edge of opening.  I love the potential.

Speaking of potential, any guesses about who this Dr. Seuss character is going to grow up to be?  (Hover over for the answer – but no cheating!)

Last weekend it seemed like a switch had been flipped and the dinge of winter was replaced by bright emerald – at least underfoot.  And the dimmer-switch of daffodils, forsythia and other harbingers of spring is all of a sudden being turned up and up and up. Those of you who received the Blithewold spring newsletter have already heard my spiel about spring and those of you who read the blog regularly know that I’m all for taking a break to walk around and take it all in.  This is exactly the moment in spring that I’d hate to miss – I want to catch every unfurl and you know if I could just sit and watch something open, I would.  — But what to choose?!

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The season is en route to summer and picking up the pace – but even though we’re ready to be warm, cool temperatures will keep spring in our step maybe a little longer.  Blithewold opens officially tomorrow!  And remember, even if the house is closed (like it is this Easter Sunday, and every Monday, Tuesday) the grounds are open.

Are you taking time out to catch the unfurl?  Is there anything you’d want to watch open if you could?