Happy New Year!
Snow Crocus emerges.
I first noticed this snow crocus on Christmas Day, which is the earliest I have seen it appear.
Daytime moon
Dark-eyed junco on liatris. It looks like it got a seed to nourish it on a winter day.
We had about an inch of snow yesterday morning, which should melt today and tomorrow. It has been a mild winter.
The cyclamen is blooming for the fifteenth year! This autumn I refinished the wood counter in my greenhouse window.
We started the new year with a wonderful hike at Cranberry Slough in the forest preserve. The trail was icy, but not slippery, and the only person we met was riding a bike.
One last shot to say goodbye to 2019. Mute swans flying over Lake Katherine last weekend.
Little Backyard World 
Happy New Year! But I think it’s a cyclamen, not a clematis. Great record for blooming!!!! Do you summer it outdoors? Donna Litt
Oh yeah.. senior moment! I corrected it now. Yes, I put the pot outside each summer on the north side of the house, where it generally looks dead, and make sure it gets enough water. Each fall I wonder if I will bring it back inside and I always do. It is cheery this time of year.
Happy New year. Lovely photos.
Thank you! And Happy New Year to you!
Beautiful images. Hope you have a wonderful new year!
Thank you, and may your garden grow beautifully this year!
Happy New Year! Let’s hope for a reasonable winter – mild but not so mild it tricks the plants into budding out too early.
Yes. We need a week or two of some cold weather, but I don’t see it on my weather app yet. A “reasonable winter” seems like a nice expectation!