Hint of Spring

As I mentioned in another post on Saturday the kids and I spent a good portion of the day outside.  We so enjoyed the nice weather.  While out and about I discovered that some of my tulips are starting to peek from below.  

Oh, how this gives me hope that we might actually have tulips by Easter.  Let's just pray that we don't have a repeat of last year.  Where I spent countless nights trying to keep them covered (I have hundreds under each tree alone) to protect them from frost.  To only start to loose the battle and resolve myself to start clipping them in order to enjoy them.  Let's all pray that it means warm weather is coming and they will all get to stay in the ground.

Here is the hint of a tulip found on Saturday:

Here is what they looked like last year after a couple of nights hiding under a sheet when we were hit with a frost spell in April.  Some were actually frozen little buds.

Here is what they look like in a good year: