First, the Weeds

Man is the only critter who feels the need to label things as flowers or weeds. ~Author unknown

I really wanted to get out and take some photos of Spring, but it’s cold.

And windy.

And the flowers and trees are either lagging behind their usual schedule, or we humans are just more anxious than ever. Which would make sense, seeing as how we’re locked inside.

Anyway, perhaps you’ll enjoy these precursors to the season while Mother Nature tries to warm things up and hatch Spring blooms:

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Tenacious weeds, growing even in sidewalk cracks!

But a weed is simply a plant that wants to grow where people want something else.  In blaming nature, people mistake the culprit.  Weeds are people’s idea, not nature’s.  ~Author Unknown

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Pretty in Purple (but still a weed!)

A weed is but an unloved flower.  ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet

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See? This thing’s already blooming, and I’m pretty sure the owner of this field doesn’t want it there.

Criticizing another’s garden doesn’t keep the weeds out of your own.  ~Author Unknown

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Is it lichen? Or moss? Or some sort of ground cover?

When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. ~Author unknown

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Everybody’s favorite — the Dandelion.

What is a weed?  A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher and poet

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This vinelike thing is growing right within the evergreen!

Weed ’em and reap. ~Author unknown