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Eliza Waters 
A true sign of spring. I love pussy willows!
Same here, I watch for them every year, along with the red-winged blackbirds. 🙂
Lovely picture, with the high, thin clouds in that bright blue sky. My three signs of spring are red-winged blackbirds, motorcycles, and peepers. The motorcycles are always first – I saw some yesterday. The peepers are always last…
Thank you! Yes, true about motor bikes, not my favorite harbinger, though! 😉
I love pussy willows, as Spring is in the air! Beautiful photo! ~ Diana ❤️
Thank you, Diana. They cheer the winter-weary heart!
New beginnings 👏🌸
Yes, I’m ready for it! 🙂
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Definitely a sign of spring 🙂
Yes! 🙂
❤
Spring is on its way 🙂
Yes, indeed! 🙂
Beautiful pussy willows, and is that blue sky I see? 🙂
Thank you, Joanne. We’ve been having a lot of sunny days lately, no complaints here! 😉
Beautiful! Do the deer leave this plant alone?
Thank you, Hien! Deer will browse willows, particularly the young growth in spring. Older plants are less susceptible, so protection for the first few years would be helpful. Good news is that they grow quickly and pruning actually increases vigor once established.
As a kid, our neighbor had these in their yard. I used to love admiring them, and thinking how cool they were. Your upshot with the blue sky and clouds is wonderful!
Thank you, Donna. I eagerly await these every spring!
Very nice Eliza! And very colorful with the blue sky!
Thank you, Reed!
Something I have not seen in a long time.
No willows in TX? I suppose they do like wet feet and a cold period. 🙂
Sometimes at the grocery store to force inside. You are right, it is too hot and wet.
Aren’t they lovely! Such a sign of spring and new life. You must be rolling up your sleeves in anticipation of gardening again!
Thank you, Carol. It is still early yet, but I am ready!
Plenty of time for patient planning I suppose!
Oh, yes, lots of that in winter! 😉
Love those little beauties, those harbingers of spring.
They sure do cheer us up this time of year!
♥️🤩♥️🥰
Thanks, Susan!
Honey bees will love the important pollen. Beautiful with the blue and white sky.
Thank you, Alice!
They are loved by the pollinators here is it too cold for them to visit with you?
Yes, still too cold, but soon!
As a midwestern child, my first spring bouquets always involved pussy willows and forsythia. It’s wonderful to see them again.
Glad to stir the memories, Linda. I have a vase of forced forsythia sitting on my table right now. 🙂
Another truly gorgeous bouquet from you, Eliza. Thanks so very much.
Thank you, Jet. Winter recedes!
A lovely capture Eliza, they’re just beginning to blossom here too 💛
Thanks, Xenia, I love seeing them as they portend good days to come!
Beautiful! 😍
Thank you, Patty Anne! Happy Spring!
Lovely photo, Eliza! A sure sign of spring 😊
Thank you, Belinda, they sure are!
Nice photo. Everything is budding or blooming right now. Spring IS on it’s way.
Thank you, Vicki. We’re having a cold, windy day today, but the days are trending warmer. Our snowdrops are emerging! 🙂
Oh I just love these willow catkins. Interesting that you call them pussy willows too.
Thank you, Karina. We’ve always called them that, but some call them pussy toes. Either way, I love them and they are an important early bee food.
Here too they are v important for bees. Never heard of pussy toes. 🙂
A sure and happy sign of spring.
Yes, indeed! We made it through another winter! 😉
Ah, pussy willows and flowering quince! My harbingers, along with crocuses and then daffodils…I’m feeling so much better already!
🙂 Glad to know that… It’s great that spring has sprung!
I love those plants, even though I don’t grow them. As kids, my brother even named our gray cat Pussywillow.
What a perfect name for a kitty! 🙂
Eliza, that picture is almost like new hope!
I feel like you could be anywhere in the world, look at any exotic species of flora and fauna, and still know everything about it!
P.S. I’ve been reading your comments here and I think I’m finding more substance to my (conspiracy) theory that you ARE Mother Nature 😯
LOL, my secret is out, ha! 😉
Thanks for your fun comment, Isha. 🙂
And now we know! 😁💐
Blue sky plus budding pussy willows equal smiling gardeners. 🙂
Yes, indeed, a happy sign for sure!
march feels like the lamb and lion are playing hide and seek! This photo and my pussy willows remind me that as always there will be a shift to better days.
Yes, March is a tease, but the sun will prevail!
So beautiful, I love them
Thank you, Sylvia! They are a joyful sign of spring’s arrival.
Lovely colors, this is a wonderful time of year with everything coming out into bud.
Thank you, Tony. I love spring!
How gorgeous!
Thank you, Fi!
Here one of the first signs of spring are the willows that grow along rivers and streams brightening up red and yellow. I haven’t seen pussy willows here but I used to like to cut them and bring them indoors. Nice skyward shot Eliza!
Thank you, Denise. I guess these only grow in the East… they do like wet feet. 🙂