This is a Leucojum, or spring snowflake, the first one to open on our plants this year. We have a lot of bulbs happening at the moment. 'Tis the season.
The big news around here is that I was SCRATCHED BY A DEMON in the middle of the night! Can you believe it?! I was sound asleep with Olga lying right next to me, and she had a dream and her legs were twitching, as if she was running. The next thing you know, I felt a sharp scratch on my thigh. I turned the light on and sure enough, there was a long red mark. It was A DEMON, I'm telling you! What other possible conclusion could there be?!
I would show you but I don't really want to post a picture of my hairy leg on my blog.
In other news, I have a cold. It's a minor cold, just in my nose, but it's annoying. I'm not taking anything for it. I just have to wait for it to pass. 'Tis the season, once again.
These (above) are the last of our glittery hyacinths. You'll recall we were initially given three, and then I adopted a bunch more, and we ultimately had more than ten. Now we're down to three again, the squirrels having dug up and eaten all the others over the years. These last few really are survivors. Maybe they are protected by DEMONS?!
Snowflakes! I'd forgotten about those. I'm allergic to daffodils, they stuff up my sinuses and give me headaches, but I can do snowflakes! I'll have to buy a bunch of bulbs in time to get them planted. Sorry about your leg, hope it is soon better.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of anyone allergic to daffodils!
DeleteI'm glad you spared us the clinical picture! I need a trigger warning for lurid illustrations..
ReplyDeleteHa! Yeah, I try to avoid stuff like that. :)
DeleteCould this DEMON be a Russian power cleaner spy?
ReplyDeleteHope the cold clears quickly. Your pictures are as always so very good.
Thanks! I took these with the big camera, which does make a difference sometimes.
DeleteCarlson should have taken it as sign to desist his absurd speech. Apparently he is visiting Australia soon, but no one knows who he is.
ReplyDeleteI don't know the spring snowflake but it looks pretty.
Sorry about your cold. I hope your body heals itself quickly.
I hope Carlson doesn't spread too much of his poison down under.
DeleteYou are surrounded by DEMONs...no doubt lured to you by those devil dogs in your kitchen.
ReplyDeleteHa! I never thought of that! Demon magnets!
DeleteI miss the bulbs. Thanks for sharing yours. It’s a shame that, with Olga right there, she didn’t catch the demon. In our house I’M the demon of the night.
ReplyDeleteAnd you mostly injure yourself, if I remember correctly!
DeleteSteve:
DeleteAnd only myself.
It's the season of bulbs, and they brighten up our world.
ReplyDeleteYeah, thank goodness for bulbs.
DeleteI thank you profusely and with huge relief that you did not post a picture of the severe injury wrought upon your manly thigh. Such an image would have stuck in my memory library under "Horror" along with the time I was chased by a rabid dog in Thailand and the time I saw Margaret Thatcher in person.
ReplyDeleteDon't insult my thigh by comparing it to Margaret Thatcher!
DeleteI had forgotten all about that Tucker Carson thing. Maybe JayCee has a point. They were brought to your house by the red dogs! The flower photos are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI've created an evil vortex!
DeleteI would have assumed Olga was on Demon Duty. I think someone needs a refresher course in her nocturnal occupation.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that dog is useless as a watchdog both awake and asleep!
DeleteOlga must have had a nightmare. A bit of cream containing some vitamin E will help to sooth and heal your red scratch. A hand surgeon told me this after my surgery and I must say it works well.
ReplyDeleteYour Spring bulbs are looking great.
Blasted squirrels, they eat tulip bulbs on my property.
Who knows. I was mostly just poking fun at Carlson for believing he'd been scratched by a demon when one of his dogs was the obvious culprit. :)
DeleteI can't stand to listen to Fox News or CNN so I hadn't heard the Carlson story. What an idiot. It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to solve who the demon was. Perhaps he needs a Dexter Morgan to do a DNA swab on the toenails of his four co-sleeping dogs.
ReplyDeleteIt seems so obvious, doesn't it!?
DeleteI had forgotten about Tucker Carlson and his demon scratches which he received in his bed which he shared with four dogs and his wife. Hmmmm. A dog scratch seems like a much more plausible explanation. Tucker is living proof that there should be way more vasectomies in this world.
ReplyDeleteHa! Yeah, that guy is awful.
DeleteYou caught the flowers beautifully. Love the great use of bokeh
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI love those photos of your blooming flowers. So pretty! I have one daffodil flower blooming right now. It's too early for anything else around here. Soon, though!
ReplyDeleteDo you have snowdrops there? They usually come before the daffodils here.
DeleteWell, you DID bring demon dogs into your home - what did you expect would happen?
ReplyDeleteI brought this on myself!
DeleteYes. Must have been a demon who scratched you because Olga never would do that. I think you should have showed us your scratch. Are we not all adults here? We could have all given our best advice as to how to treat it.
ReplyDeleteHa! I washed it with soap. That should do the trick. :)
DeleteThat snowdrop is very sweet and you have way more daffodil flowers than I got or are those jonquils? I'd get more if I remembered to fertilize them. And where the hell was Dave while the DEMON was attacking you?
ReplyDeleteI don't really know the difference between daffodils and jonquils, though I know I've looked it up before. These are smaller than typical daffodils but maybe they're just miniatures. Dave was oblivious to the demon attack!
DeleteGET BEHIND ME ,SATAN! Plus a cold got into your nose...And they say that bad news comes in threes- waiting for the next one! That hyacinth is outstanding.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure if I think about it I can come up with a third thing, so as not to leave room for another occurrence!
DeleteYour hyacinth is a glorious colour and I imagine the scent matches it, too.
ReplyDeleteI haven't smelled it yet! I should!
DeleteThe spring blooms are gorgeous! I love them. I hadn't heard that demon story but it made me laugh. Sorry about the cold. Take care, I thought I had a mild one too but it pounced on my pretty hard after the second day.
ReplyDeleteMine has fortunately stayed pretty mild, but I have been taking LemSip to help contain the sneezing and nasal issues.
DeleteAre you saying Olga is possessed? Oh, I wonder what she was chasing in her dream. I hope she caught it!
ReplyDeleteHopefully she was chasing something and not the other way around!
DeleteHa!! I never heard that Tucker Carlson story. What a hoot! (and what an idiot) Poor Olga... I wonder what she was chasing in her dream?
ReplyDeleteIsn't that the craziest story? I just can't believe he really thinks that's true. Sometimes I think he's putting us all on.
DeleteIt seems as if Tucker had plenty of other targets in that bed, and yet the demons only went after him. It would make me question why, to wonder if perhaps I'd drifted to the dark side.
ReplyDeleteIt had to be a demon in your case, because Olga would NEVER do such a thing. And JayCee is right. The devil dogs have opened a portal. You've only got yourself to blame.
Something you might try doing for your hyacinths: buy a commercial container of cayenne pepper and sprinkle it liberally into the pots you need the squirrels to leave alone.
Oh, that's a good idea about the pepper. I could use that in several places in the garden!
DeleteDemons, eh? Woof, woof. I love that color hyacinth!
ReplyDeletePurple hyacinths seem to be the hardiest. I had some pink and white ones but they've all died.
DeleteI wish the demons would make Tucker Carlson disappear! Olga must have been having an exciting dream, I'd say :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, why did they leave him behind?!
DeleteP. S. Hope your cold is short-lived!
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
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