A new season

March has arrived, more like a lamb than a lion. The temperatures have been very mild, and it makes me want to begin replacing the plants I lost earlier this year during the freezing temperatures we had in February. However, I've lived in Texas long enough to know that spring is not officially here until the mesquite and pecan trees put out their new leaves, so I'm trying to be patient and ignore the loads and loads of shrubs and flowers beckoning me from every nursery and home improvement store. I have cleaned out my flower beds, and already the river ferns have started raising their curly heads in anticipation of spring days. I just hope they are not too early!

I'm also anxious to replace the fish in my pond. Unbelieveably, my water lily survived the freeze and has started putting out new growth. I plan to wait until it provides more cover for fish before I add them to the pond. This year I plan to just use feeder goldfish to keep the algae down. I get too attached to the koi.