Primroses from my collected seed were in full bloom…

Crocus and glory-of-the-snow were popping up everywhere…

There were lots of bloodroot flowers…

And more primroses…

And clumps of pink and blue pulmonaria…

On this day last year, all the snow was long gone and mud season was over. Hosta and bleeding heart shoots were two or three inches tall. There were frogs’ eggs in the ponds and the grass was already green. It was a very early spring.

Things are very different this year.

This year on this same day we have…

MUD. Just lots and lots of mud.

I liked the flowers better! :o)