a bright sunny day here, but it's only 44*F.........i love saying that....just a month or so ago that would have felt like a heat wave...according to the long term forecast the temps this whole week will be highs in the low 60*F and lowers in the low 40*F...not that untypical for early mat weather......the tulips are trash so far, then had come up before we returned to the two very cold weeks and are pretty well stunted......a bit of color but much smaller the usual......nuts.......if they come at all i'll post some pics but it doesn't look like that's going to happen.....looks like all the rose bushes got thru the winter ok......also most of the rest of the plantings.....the hardy mums weren't (hardy that is) but then i wasn't surprised...we really are on the very edge of where they will survive the winter, and as cold as last winter was i was pretty sure they would not....must be off (and any one who knows me will say that i've been "off" for years)