Up North, it is still winter

Beautiful pictures (I'm including the sprout) Dr. E. I can hear Bette now,
"Just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed
that with the sun's love
in the spring
becomes the rose."

I'm still waiting for a sprout sighting, perhaps this week if - maybe I'd look a little more carefully.

While that is a beautiful picture, is it current or months old. The Red River valley is on the verge of devastating flooding. The situation looks to be a repeat of 1997.
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/fargoflood/
http://www.startribune.com/local/41652527.html
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/floods/2009-03-...
Will we see Brownie or someone with half a Witt?

dear marsh: that's such a memorable piece of biology that line: re the rhyzome that does stay alive under the snow until the light returns and 'wakes it up' again.. Here, in the Rockies, the forsythia (bright yellow star shaped flowers on long thin red wands) just are showing a teeny bit of gold. Just.
dr.e

Dear Rudi, I dont know how old the pix is, it was sent in a bundle from a fellow writer. I hope there are no great floodings now. I can hardly still believe that a major city was wiped off the map and we are this many years later with people in no homes and in forced migration. No more Brownies, that's for sure, youre right. Here in the Rockies, the snowpack down on the foothills is thin this year and the water dept is talking about hiking prices sky high... they dont mention that we sell our water not only to Ariz but all the way to Calif. That just seems unwise, esp since watersheds are being closed off to farmers to the north. Insane. We'll see what Salazar can do. Hang in there where you live.

dr.e