I'm ba-a-a-a-ack!

Hey all.  I'm back home, and trying to settle down after a very intense trip out to Portland and Seattle.  :-)  As you can see, spring is popping up all over here.  This is my bloodroot, which has been in the ground about three years, rescued from a building site.  (I asked)

One thing I've noticed over the years of flying out to Portland in late Feb early May is that Rock Hill and the northern west coast seem to have spring at exactly the same time. the same trees are flowering and the same...