And the Winner is...

For "First Flower" of the very late season... one not even considered in the running... the dandelion! Three of them blooming in the lawn today. The rest of the garden is slowing awakening. Tiny spots of green can be found if you look hard at shrubs that still appear dead. Horsetails, unstoppable and unlike all the slow perennials, are popping up everywhere. I should just leave them be as they are kind of attractive in a thick stand. I have pledged not to spend another cent on plants for the cabin and it is killing me. I'd better start seeing green soon or I'll be hanging out at the nurseries looking like a lost puppy.