it isn't much but Spring is on its way....

It's been bleak and dreary around here weatherwise.  No rain, no snow, just cloudy and dreary looking days. 

 

See what I mean, pretty bleak....

So, anyway, I was perusing my new Southern Living Magazine and came across an interesting article...

In the article it was describing how you could force blooms from cut stems of bushes you might have in your yard.  Well it just so happened that a few days before, the man in my life decided to get out and butcher, uh..I mean, trim back a bush that sits close to the shed out back.  I wasn't sure the cut stems could be salvageable since they had been cut a few days before, so I rushed right out and snagged me a few.

This is the pile of poor cut stems I picked through.  I found about four or five that I thought might work, brought them inside, cut about an inch off the bottom of the stems for a fresh cut, put them in a water filled vase, and hoped for the best.

Well lo and behold, yesterday I noticed this...

Can you see them?  The little buds are growing and popping out.

I know it isn't much, but for now it gives me hope in the Spring that is on its way.  I know that my sad looking Meditation Garden will go from looking like this...

to this...

AHHHHHH!  Spring coming to an area near you, March 2013.