The winter solstice was a few days ago so the days are slowly getting longer but today there is an impending storm that is already closing area schools early.  This has put a damper on my day but then there was salvation in the mail box.

The Jung seed catalog!  Happiness and a light heart are mine.  One hundred pages of glorious color, exuberance, and warmth.  With the catalog in my hands I can almost feel the heat of July on my skin even as I look out onto the two feet of snow that blankets my deck.

And I have found love in this new Vanilla Strawberry hydrangea.  I do adore hydrangeas and can’t wait until April for it to be mine!