This Week at Iten's Acres: March Madness March 19, 2018

March has refused to give up its right to 21 days of winter. Spring at The Acres has been put on hold. Oh, a crocus or two has bloomed this week. And an orchard iris. But everything else is just biding its time waiting for a little warmth. The tulips are testing the air. The daffodils--some of them--have buds. A few more goldfish bloom every day. Some other things are thinking about coming out to celebrate. But not yet. Every day but this morning I woke up to a dust...ing of snow on the ground. The snow birds are still hanging around as well. No blooms on the forsythia--so at least three more snows to come. The good news? They will bloom when they're ready. Beauty is coming. Patience, old man. Patience. 

 (For you cat lovers, Psyche dropped by yesterday. Hadn't seen her in a long time. Looks like another family is on the way. Hope she decides to have the little ones somewhere else, honestly. Shadow is still hanging about. Got in a fight with something--a little ragged at the moment. Doesn't seem to bother him any. Cats will be cats. And they never ask permission.)